{"id":591064,"date":"2021-07-14T14:06:29","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T18:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=591064"},"modified":"2021-07-14T14:06:32","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T18:06:32","slug":"revolution-is-coming-protesters-risk-arrest-block-roads-in-florida-to-demand-biden-support-pro-democracy-demonstrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/revolution-is-coming-protesters-risk-arrest-block-roads-in-florida-to-demand-biden-support-pro-democracy-demonstrations\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Revolution Is Coming!\u2019: Protesters Risk Arrest, Block Roads In Florida To Demand Biden Support Pro-Democracy Demonstrations"},"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\">32<\/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%2Frevolution-is-coming-protesters-risk-arrest-block-roads-in-florida-to-demand-biden-support-pro-democracy-demonstrations%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=591064&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\/GettyImages-1328600694.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Echoing the pro-democracy protests in Cuba, which are now in their fourth day, exiled Cubans and allies of the pro-democracy movement in the island nation took to the streets in Florida to demand President Joe Biden speak out in support of the demonstrations challenging Cuba\u2019s despotic Communist regime.<\/p>\n<p>The protests, which proved a challenge to the state\u2019s laws banning demonstrations that block traffic or otherwise cause a danger to residents, resulted in several arrests and shut down \u201ca section of a major Miami-Dade highway for hours,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/news\/local\/south-floridians-march-onto-palmetto-expressway-in-show-of-support-for-cuban-protesters\/2494287\/\">according to local media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDozens of South Floridians waved Cuban flags as they gathered at the intersection and chanted \u201cLibertad\u201d and other messages.&nbsp;The group eventually made their way to the Palmetto Expressway, which had to be closed down near Coral Way as demonstrators sat down and began blocking traffic,\u201d an NBC affiliate in South Florida noted. \u201cFootage showed Florida Highway Patrol troopers and Miami-Dade Police officers directing traffic off the highway as a massive backup of cars could be seen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The demonstrations were designed to draw the White House\u2019s attention to what is happening in Cuba. So far, the Biden administration has issued several statements on the matter but has not taken any overt effort to assist in the fight for democracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need Biden\u2019s support,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/cuban-american-protesters-shut-down-miami-expressway-blame-biden\">one protestor told Fox News<\/a>. \u201cWe haven\u2019t gotten support from the president. So, we are trying to fight, to finish with the communism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Biden, you should listen to the people here, the elected officials that are Cubans and know what is best for the people in Cuba,\u201d another protester told media, per Fox.&nbsp;\u201cSo just hear us out and try to come together to see what we can do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s statement, issued Monday, called on the Cuban government to provide food and medicine for the Cuban people, and offered lukewarm support for the protests, without directly labeling the government as \u201cCommunist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe stand with the Cuban people and their clarion call for freedom and relief from the tragic grip of the pandemic and from the decades of repression and economic suffering to which they have been subjected by Cuba\u2019s authoritarian regime,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<p>The Palm Beach Post covered demonstrations in Miami and West Palm Beach, where there is a significant exile Cuban population, which turned out for protests earlier this week and a meeting with Florida governor Ron DeSantis Tuesday night. Cubans in Miami, the Post reports, are concerned about potential crackdowns from the Cuban government but are optimistic that the protests, which are the largest in decades, signify change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, we cannot go there and do anything. What we can do is what I am doing,\u201d one Cuban exile told the paper. We\u2019re taking to the streets here, putting the Cuban flag out there, sharing, and making sure our voices are heard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a pressure cooker and it exploded because it has to explode,\u201d another said. \u201cIt\u2019s a scary time. We don\u2019t know how it\u2019s going to end. But don\u2019t forget, they started the revolution just like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>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&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Echoing the pro-democracy protests in Cuba, which are now in their fourth day, exiled Cubans and allies of the pro-democracy movement in the island nation took to the streets in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314683,"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\/GettyImages-1328600694.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Revolution Is Coming!\u2019: Protesters Risk Arrest, Block Roads In Florida To Demand Biden Support Pro-Democracy Demonstrations","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-591064","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\/GettyImages-1328600694.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Revolution Is Coming!\u2019: Protesters Risk Arrest, Block Roads In Florida To Demand Biden Support Pro-Democracy Demonstrations","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591064","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=591064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=591064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=591064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=591064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}