US EditionCuba stages May Day rallies as tensions mount with US
- On Thursday, a large crowd of Cubans assembled at Revolution Square in Havana to participate in the customary May Day parade, which was overseen by Raul Castro and Miguel Diaz-Canel.
- The march occurred amid a severe economic crisis and rising tensions with the U.S. Trump administration, which imposed new sanctions on top of a decades-old embargo.
- Leaders called for unity in difficult times, with Diaz-Canel urging residents to participate despite hardships and Ulises Guilarte de Nacimiento framing the event as a sign of respect for the Cuban revolution.
- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, whose family hails from Cuba, has pledged a firmer stance toward the country, while U.S. envoy Mauricio Claver-Carone revealed plans for additional sanctions and expressed optimism about a possible shift in Cuba’s government, amid the detention of prominent dissidents such as Jose Daniel Ferrer.
- The event demonstrated Cuba’s resolve to reaffirm its revolution despite economic challenges and increased U.S. pressure, suggesting continued domestic support amid geopolitical strain.
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In Cuba, several million people showed their support for the socialist model on May 1 – despite the adverse living conditions caused by intensified US sanctions.
Cuba Stages Mass May Day Rally To Denounce US Sanctions
Hundreds of thousands of Cubans joined a May Day rally in Havana on Thursday, called to protest a more-than-six-decade US trade embargo of the island and Washington's restrictions on its international medical missions.
Denver Gazette
Cuba stages May Day rallies as tensions mount with US
By Alien Fernandez
The statements generated controversy because of the contrast between the official discourse and the difficult reality of the Cuban people.
Army General Raúl Castro Ruz and the First Secretary of the Central Committee and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, presided over the parade in the historic Plaza de la Revolución José Martí, in the Cuban capital
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