Cubans in Caimanera, a small port town near the U.S. military base at Guantanamo, took to the streets late on Saturday evening, according to social media and official reports, in the first known anti-government protests of the year in Cuba.
Videos posted on social media, many shared by dissidents outside Cuba and by human rights groups, showed what appeared to be men in military uniforms and others in civilian clothing confronting dozens of protesters on a dimly lit street while onlookers recorded the events with cellphones.
Pozo wrote that "security forces and other people contributed to dissuade people concentrated on the street, who responded and returned to their homes." Protests in Cuba are exceedingly rare but have cropped up more often in recent years as economic crisis racks the island. While the country's 2019 constitution grants Cubans the right to protest, a law more specifically defining that right is stalled in the legislature.
"Network data show a collapse in internet traffic in #Cuba amid protests for freedom and human rights centering around Caimanera, Guantanamo; connectivity remains intermittent at present with partial restoration noted," the internet monitor said on Twitter.
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