The US State Department demanded that Cuba “respect fundamental rights” on Tuesday (12), after Cuban authorities banned a peaceful protest by opponents in November, and said the non-authorization of the march is “a memory” that the Cuban people suffer “in the struggle for freedom”.
Ministry spokesman Ned Price spoke on the matter at the daily press conference after being asked about Cuba’s refusal to allow opposition activists to stage a large peaceful demonstration on Nov. 15 in Havana and other cities.
“What we see with the ban on peaceful protest is a reminder that it is the Cuban people who are paying dearly in the struggle for freedom,” he argued.
Price denied that the US was behind the demonstration and insisted that the discontent in Cuba was due “to the unfulfilled aspirations of the Cuban people for freedom, dignity and prosperity.”
“It is the freedom of expression, the freedom of peaceful assembly, that the Cuban government has denied its people,” he added.
Havana authorities consider the demonstration “a provocation” that promotes “regime change” in Cuba and argue that, according to the 2019 Constitution, the “socialist system” that has reigned in the country for more than six decades is “irrevocable “.
Members of the Archipiélago virtual citizen platform asked the provincial councils for authorization to carry out a “Peaceful March for Change” on November 20, but brought it forward to the 15th because the government called for a military parade on the originally scheduled date.
In Havana, organizers expected about 5,000 people to participate in a march that would start on Malecón Avenue and end in front of the National Capitol, the seat of the National Assembly (parliament).
In Cuba, the rights to strike and demonstrate are not contemplated outside state institutions, which is why, had it been authorized, the November 15 march would set a historic precedent.
The US State Department demanded that Cuba “respect fundamental rights” on Tuesday (12), after Cuban authorities banned a peaceful protest by opponents in November, and said the non-authorization of the march is “a memory” that the Cuban people suffer “in the struggle for freedom”.
Ministry spokesman Ned Price spoke on the matter at the daily press conference after being asked about Cuba’s refusal to allow opposition activists to stage a large peaceful demonstration on Nov. 15 in Havana and other cities.
“What we see with the ban on peaceful protest is a reminder that it is the Cuban people who are paying dearly in the struggle for freedom,” he argued.
Price denied that the US was behind the demonstration and insisted that the discontent in Cuba was due “to the unfulfilled aspirations of the Cuban people for freedom, dignity and prosperity.”
“It is the freedom of expression, the freedom of peaceful assembly, that the Cuban government has denied its people,” he added.
Havana authorities consider the demonstration “a provocation” that promotes “regime change” in Cuba and argue that, according to the 2019 Constitution, the “socialist system” that has reigned in the country for more than six decades is “irrevocable “.
Members of the Archipiélago virtual citizen platform asked the provincial councils for authorization to carry out a “Peaceful March for Change” on November 20, but brought it forward to the 15th because the government called for a military parade on the originally scheduled date.
In Havana, organizers expected about 5,000 people to participate in a march that would start on Malecón Avenue and end in front of the National Capitol, the seat of the National Assembly (parliament).
In Cuba, the rights to strike and demonstrate are not contemplated outside state institutions, which is why, had it been authorized, the November 15 march would set a historic precedent.
The US State Department demanded that Cuba “respect fundamental rights” on Tuesday (12), after Cuban authorities banned a peaceful protest by opponents in November, and said the non-authorization of the march is “a memory” that the Cuban people suffer “in the struggle for freedom”.
Ministry spokesman Ned Price spoke on the matter at the daily press conference after being asked about Cuba’s refusal to allow opposition activists to stage a large peaceful demonstration on Nov. 15 in Havana and other cities.
“What we see with the ban on peaceful protest is a reminder that it is the Cuban people who are paying dearly in the struggle for freedom,” he argued.
Price denied that the US was behind the demonstration and insisted that the discontent in Cuba was due “to the unfulfilled aspirations of the Cuban people for freedom, dignity and prosperity.”
“It is the freedom of expression, the freedom of peaceful assembly, that the Cuban government has denied its people,” he added.
Havana authorities consider the demonstration “a provocation” that promotes “regime change” in Cuba and argue that, according to the 2019 Constitution, the “socialist system” that has reigned in the country for more than six decades is “irrevocable “.
Members of the Archipiélago virtual citizen platform asked the provincial councils for authorization to carry out a “Peaceful March for Change” on November 20, but brought it forward to the 15th because the government called for a military parade on the originally scheduled date.
In Havana, organizers expected about 5,000 people to participate in a march that would start on Malecón Avenue and end in front of the National Capitol, the seat of the National Assembly (parliament).
In Cuba, the rights to strike and demonstrate are not contemplated outside state institutions, which is why, had it been authorized, the November 15 march would set a historic precedent.
The US State Department demanded that Cuba “respect fundamental rights” on Tuesday (12), after Cuban authorities banned a peaceful protest by opponents in November, and said the non-authorization of the march is “a memory” that the Cuban people suffer “in the struggle for freedom”.
Ministry spokesman Ned Price spoke on the matter at the daily press conference after being asked about Cuba’s refusal to allow opposition activists to stage a large peaceful demonstration on Nov. 15 in Havana and other cities.
“What we see with the ban on peaceful protest is a reminder that it is the Cuban people who are paying dearly in the struggle for freedom,” he argued.
Price denied that the US was behind the demonstration and insisted that the discontent in Cuba was due “to the unfulfilled aspirations of the Cuban people for freedom, dignity and prosperity.”
“It is the freedom of expression, the freedom of peaceful assembly, that the Cuban government has denied its people,” he added.
Havana authorities consider the demonstration “a provocation” that promotes “regime change” in Cuba and argue that, according to the 2019 Constitution, the “socialist system” that has reigned in the country for more than six decades is “irrevocable “.
Members of the Archipiélago virtual citizen platform asked the provincial councils for authorization to carry out a “Peaceful March for Change” on November 20, but brought it forward to the 15th because the government called for a military parade on the originally scheduled date.
In Havana, organizers expected about 5,000 people to participate in a march that would start on Malecón Avenue and end in front of the National Capitol, the seat of the National Assembly (parliament).
In Cuba, the rights to strike and demonstrate are not contemplated outside state institutions, which is why, had it been authorized, the November 15 march would set a historic precedent.