Critics of the regime called for a demonstration for the 15th of this month, but the government of the island did not authorize it. There is uncertainty about what will happen.
The Cuban Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodríguez, again spoke out against the march called by opponents for next November 15 against the Government and affirmed, this Wednesday, that this is an attempt to promote “conditions of internal destabilization” on the island by from the United States.
Speaking before the diplomatic corps accredited in his country, the Foreign Minister said that Havana will not allow “in any way that the persistent aggression of the United States government, its intense and constant attempts, intensified in the last six, eight months, to generate conditions of internal destabilization, of altering the tranquility and citizen security (…), are going to spoil the party ”.
In addition, next Monday Cuba reopens its borders to foreign tourism, primary school students return to classrooms and Havana celebrates 502 years of its founding.
The organizers of Monday’s march, in Havana and six other provinces, remain determined to demonstrate despite the ban by the authorities and the warning that there will be criminal consequences if the protest is carried out.
The government believes that this initiative seeks regime change and has accused its leaders of being financed and directed by organizations in the United States.
“There are 29 statements from the government of the United States and influential figures in the Congress of that nation, only since September 22, almost a daily, all aimed at encouraging, guiding, instigating destabilization actions in our country,” Rodríguez said to the ambassadors.
On Monday, White House spokesman Ned Price on Twitter asked the Cuban government to “listen to its people as they march peacefully to make their voices heard.”
Bruno Rodríguez pointed out that these US figures make “demands” to carry out actions that in Cuba “are not allowed, nor will they be allowed.”
The organizers of the demonstration demanding the release of political prisoners appeal to article 56 of the new Constitution, which recognizes the right to demonstrate, but the government considers that this initiative violates the constitutional and “irrevocable” character of the Cuban socialist system .
The call follows the unprecedented demonstrations that broke out on July 11 shouting “Freedom” and “We are hungry”, which left one dead, dozens injured and 1,175 detainees, of which more than 612 are still in prison, according to the NGO of human rights Cubalex. (I)
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