EFE/14ymedio, Miami/Havana, 1 November 2022 — In October, the Observatory of Cuban Conflict (OCC), based in Miami (U.S.), logged 589 public protests, diverse in nature, including 71 in the streets with
cacerolazos (banging on pots and pans), marches, and barricades — almost double the 43 in September.
The total number of protests in October was even greater than
those documented in July 2021 (584), during the social uprising known as 11J, informed OCC in a
statement.
Of the 589 demonstrations that occurred in October, 263 were related to political and civil rights (45% of the total), while 326 began with demands for economic and social rights (55%).
According to OCC’s statement, “the Cuban government repeatedly reverted to blocking the internet in the areas where these demonstrations were reported to avoid ‘contagion’ and a national chain reaction.”
“Its only response to the growing demands of the population continues to be repression and judicial proceedings against the protesters it manages to identify, rather than lend itself to reverse the critical reality that produces these protests,” says the Observatory.
In its monthly analysis of governability in Cuba, the organization found that, in October, it reached its lowest point since 11J.
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