MADRID, Spain.- The mayor of Miami, Francis Suárez, spoke out against the repression unleashed by the Cuban regime against the popular demonstrations occurred this weekend in the town of Caimanera, Guantánamo province.
Through Twitter Suárez referred to the government on the island as “a machine of repression and violence.”
Addressing “the people who believe that Cuba is a paradise”, he warned: “Be careful with the growth of the government or the government as the solver of all problems. Communism/socialism doesn’t work and never will.”
The mayor accompanied his publication with a tweet from the Cuban opposition Rosa María Payá and a video showing the repression against the protesters.
“The dictatorship sends the military to beat women and men who demonstrate massively and peacefully,” denounced the coordinator of Cuba Decide.
This is for people who Cuba is a paradise. It’s a machine for repression and violence. It’s also a Time Machine from the 1960’s. Be wary of the growth of government or government as the solver of all problems. Communism/socialism doesn’t work and it never will. https://t.co/yXBkQIGYmU
— Major Francis Suarez (@FrancisSuarez) May 7, 2023
Also this sunday the Embassy of the United States in Havana echoed these events.
“Last night, the Cuban security forces responded violently to the peaceful protests in the town of Caimanera, beating citizens for demanding human rights,” the consular office said.
Likewise, he expressed that “Cuban repression of the rights of its citizens is cruel and useless; freedom always wins.
Last night, Cuban security forces responded violently to peaceful protests in the town of Caimanera, beating citizens for demanding human rights. Cuba also shut down its Internet for fear of freedom of expression. The Cuban repression of… pic.twitter.com/Ga2MUnKNzR
— Embassy of the United States in Cuba (@USEmbCuba) May 7, 2023
Popular protests in Caimanera
Around 7:00 p.m. on May 6, hundreds of Guantanamo residents took to the streets due to the lack of food and the precarious conditions of the health system.
“First three men came out and began to demonstrate on Carretera street between Martí and Correo, and the people joined them. We walked through Caimanera until we reached the park and passed the Party headquarters,” a protester told Cubanet.
Internet and telephone access failures began to be reported throughout Cuba. Some users were able to connect via VPN, while others lost all communication for almost two hours. The NetBlock Observatory confirmed that the Cuban regime cut off access to the web. “Data from the network show the collapse of internet traffic in #Cuba in the midst of protests for freedom and human rights around Caimanera, Guantanamo,” they detailed.
After returning the connection, several videos on networks how the military violently repressed the people. Men and women were thrown to the ground and beaten.
As confirmed by the activist and independent reporter Yeris Curbelo, a resident of the town, five men remain detained for the protests. They are Yandris Pelier Matos, the brothers Felipe Correa Martínez and Luis Miguel Alarcón Martínez, and the brothers Rodi and Daniel Álvarez González.
