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Pro-gov't Cubans stage demonstration vs. artists' movement in Havana

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Havana, Nov 29 (EFE).- Several hundred people convened by government-backing Cuban youth organizations gathered in a Havana park on Sunday to express their rejection of the thriving artistic community's movement demanding freedom of expression and creativity.Under the slogan "Young people for socialist democracy," the event included live music, speeches by young communists and poetry readings marked by chants by more than 500 participants of all ages, who shouted "Viva Fidel (Castro), "Viva la Revolucion" and "Continuity, continuity." (Camera: FELIPE BORREGO). SHOT LIST: THE PRO-GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATION IN TRILLO PARK, HAVANA, CUBA. SOUND BITES: MARIA FERNANDA, STUDENT, AND JUAN CARLOS IMBERT, PROFESSOR (IN SPANISH). TRANSLATION: Maria Fernanda - We're open to dialogue, we support freedom of expression and thought, but always within the (scope of the) Revolution and with the socialist character of the Cuban state. (01:14-01:25). Juan Carlos Imbert - One mustn't confuse freedom of creativity with trying to sully the symbols of the Revolution, the symbols of the country that has taken so much work to build. (01:52-02:03).

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