Yunior García, actor, playwright, and leader of Archipelago, an opposition group planning a string of pro-democracy marches across Cuba. Photograph: Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters
NBC: Tensions rise in Cuba: Activists vow to march, goverment says it won't happen
"I can assure you the coordinators...have complete conviction to protest on Monday," said one of the planned march's organizers.
Tensions are high in Cuba, as activists vow to move ahead with a march scheduled for Monday while the island’s government insists it won't take place.
Yunior García, an actor and playwright, and leader of the protest that has been planned, announced he would march a day before, alone and in silence while holding a white rose, a symbol of peace.
He said in a Facebook post he was doing it “on behalf of all citizens who have been deprived of their right by the regime to demonstrate on 15N," (Nov. 15th).
The march was organized among coordinators of a group called Archipelago that García and others launched over the summer following unprecedented and historic anti-government protests where thousands took to the streets, resulting in a crackdown by authorities.
Hundreds of Cubans, including leading dissidents remain behind bars.
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WNU Editor: Cuba is blaming the US and Facebook for the current unrest .... Cuba says United States, Facebook helping to foment Nov. 15 protests (Reuters). The Cuban government is also vowing to block any protests .... Cuba’s foreign minister warns diplomats his government won’t allow protest march (Miami Herald).
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