{"id":588657,"date":"2021-07-12T06:51:24","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T10:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=588657"},"modified":"2021-07-12T06:51:29","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T10:51:29","slug":"pro-freedom-cuban-protesters-storm-communist-offices-flip-national-revolutionary-police-cars-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-freedom-cuban-protesters-storm-communist-offices-flip-national-revolutionary-police-cars-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Freedom Cuban Protesters Storm Communist Offices, Flip \u2018National Revolutionary Police\u2019 Cars: Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpro-freedom-cuban-protesters-storm-communist-offices-flip-national-revolutionary-police-cars-reports%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=588657&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Cuba-2-scaled-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Videos that circulated on social media on Sunday showed pro-freedom Cuban protesters taking to the streets crying out for freedom from the oppressive communist dictatorship on the island.<\/p>\n<p>The videos, which were promoted by pro-freedom politicians and media figures in the U.S., allegedly showed protesters storming a local communist party office, flipping communist police vehicles, and getting rowdy outside the Communist Party\u2019s headquarters in Havana.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.938679245283\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Locals take control of local Communist Party office<\/p>\n<p>This kind of courage &amp; bravery needs to be shared with the whole world<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOSCuba?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SOSCuba<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PatriaYVida?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PatriaYVida<\/a> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IvKz3gxt9N\">pic.twitter.com\/IvKz3gxt9N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcorubio\/status\/1414429193660768260?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.8326530612245\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOSCuba?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SOSCuba<\/a>\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n<p>Pro-democracy protests gather in front of the Communist Party\u2019s headquarters in Havana chanting \u201cCuba is not yours! Cuba is not yours!\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PatriaYVida?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PatriaYVida<\/a> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ISZNRoB7jA\">pic.twitter.com\/ISZNRoB7jA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Giancarlo Sopo (@GiancarloSopo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GiancarloSopo\/status\/1414381984697266178?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.7112068965517\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Holy shit!<\/p>\n<p>Pro-democracy protestors just flipped a National Revolutionary police car in Camag\u00fcey. I have never seen anything like this.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOSCuba?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SOSCuba<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PatriaYVida?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PatriaYVida<\/a> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zmOtWBqcPD\">pic.twitter.com\/zmOtWBqcPD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Giancarlo Sopo (@GiancarloSopo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GiancarloSopo\/status\/1414375727185678338?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cubans took to the street in rarely seen demonstrations to protest the impoverished conditions of the island, their lack of freedom under the far-left Marxist regime, and did so while&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-cubans-carry-american-flag-while-demanding-freedom-from-communist-dictatorship\">chanting<\/a>&nbsp;\u201cLiberty\u201d and \u201cFreedom\u201d and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-cubans-carry-american-flag-while-demanding-freedom-from-communist-dictatorship\">waving<\/a>&nbsp;an American flag.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, Julie Chung, Acting Assistant Secretary for U.S. Department of State\u2019s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, said that the protests were centered around the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeaceful protests are growing in #Cuba as the Cuban people exercise their right to peaceful assembly to express concern about rising COVID cases\/deaths &amp; medicine shortages,\u201d Chung tweeted. \u201cWe commend the numerous efforts of the Cuban people mobilizing donations to help neighbors in need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The remarks from the Biden administration garnered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-admin-blasted-for-claiming-cubans-are-protesting-covid-cases-other-issues-so-disrespectful\">intense backlash<\/a> online from critics who noted that the protesters were protesting the communist government.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t long before the communist government began cracking down on the protesters, which it sees as a threat to its very existence.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Post&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2021\/07\/11\/cuba-protests\/\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"11\">\n<p><em>Jos\u00e9 Miguel Vivanco, director of Human Rights Watch\u2019s Americas division, said his group had received reports that at least 20 people had been arrested. He added that the organization had received reports of violence being used by Cuban forces, a claim echoed by social media users sharing videos of wounded protesters.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis is pretty massive,\u201d Vivanco said. \u201cMy sense is that this is a combination of social unrest based on a lack of freedoms, and covid, and economic conditions. The lack of access to electricity. The blackouts. \u2026 People are screaming for freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs demonstrators sought to broadcast the protest live with their cellphones through social media, Cuba\u2019s authorities cut internet service on multiple occasions on Sunday,\u201d The Wall Street Journal&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/cuban-protests-demand-freedom-food-covid-19-vaccines-11626045095\">reported<\/a>. \u201cKentik, a U.S.-based network monitoring company, reported countrywide internet outages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/massive-protests-erupt-in-cuba-as-citizens-demand-end-to-communist-dictatorship-we-want-freedom\">reported<\/a> that numerous videos that were posted online that showed the protests had \u201csuddenly disappeared.\u201d \u201cThe people are dying of hunger!\u201d one woman shouted during a<a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100004793642290\/posts\/1882583958578041\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&nbsp;protest<\/a>&nbsp;highlighted by The Times, \u201cOur children are dying of hunger!\u201d Other chants&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2021\/07\/11\/people-take-to-streets-of-cuba-and-miami-demanding-freedom-for-struggling-island-nation\/\">included<\/a>&nbsp;\u201cWe want freedom\u201d and \u201cWe want vaccines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Videos that circulated on social media on Sunday showed pro-freedom Cuban protesters taking to the streets crying out for freedom from the oppressive communist dictatorship on the island.The videos, which &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314459,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Cuba-2-scaled-1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Pro-Freedom Cuban Protesters Storm Communist Offices, Flip \u2018National Revolutionary Police\u2019 Cars: Reports","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-588657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Cuba-2-scaled-1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Pro-Freedom Cuban Protesters Storm Communist Offices, Flip \u2018National Revolutionary Police\u2019 Cars: Reports","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}