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Added on the 21/07/2021 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Panama City, Jul 17 (EFE).- Thousands of people rallied in the Cuban streets on Saturday in a pro-government march days after widespread protests rocked the communist regime amid an unprecedented economic and health crises on the island.Cubans living in exile in the United States poured out on the roads in solidarity with the anti-government protesters in Cuba, complaining that their brethren were struggling with food and medical care due to Covid-19.Protests also took place in Panama as mobs gathered on Cuba Avenue.“We demand freedom, we demand democracy, freedom of expression, that our rights be respected, that Cuba belongs to the people, just as Panama belongs to the people," Cuban Emmanuel Reyes told EFE. (Camera: BIENVENIDO VELASCO).SHOT LIST: A PROTEST IN SOLIDARITY WITH ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTERS IN CUBA, IN PANAMA CITY, PANAMA.
San Jose, Oct 1 (EFE).- Nicaraguans living in exile in Costa Rica demonstrated Friday outside the embassy of the Organization of American States (OAS), asking the body to ignore the elections on Nov. 7, in which the current leader Daniel Ortega aspires to run for the third consecutive re-election.The movement leader Francisca Ramírez, who lived in exile in Costa Rica, led the movement and delivered a letter at the headquarters of the OAS denouncing the oppression of the media and the imprisonment of opposition leaders as well as candidates, and asked the organization "not to recognize illegitimate rulers". (Camera: DOUGLAS MARÍN).SHOT LIST: NICARAGUANS LIVING IN EXHILE IN COSTA RICA DEMONSTRATE OUTSIDE THE EMBASSY OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES (OAS) IN SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA.
Miami, Jul 14 (EFE/EPA).- The Cuban community in South Florida kept attention on the situation in Cuba Wednesday with new requests for the United States government to act and concerts in support of demonstrations on and outside the island.The song "Patria y Vida" (Homeland and Life), an anthem of change for Cuba, resounded live on Calle Ocho in Little Havana, and Gente de Zona artists Alexander Delgado and Randy Malcom embraced the audience in an emotional concert. (Camera: CRISTOBAL HERRERA).SHOT LIST: CUBAN SINGER YOTUEL ROMERO SPEAKS DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE CUBAOCHO MUSEUM & PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IN MIAMI, FLORIDA, US.SOUND BITES: CUBAN SINGER YOTUEL ROMERO (IN SPANISH). TRANSLATIONS: - If you take a look at the word "Homeland and Life", the strength of the song or the word lies actually in the word as a whole.- We need a humanitarian aid in Cuba, first of all, for those who're infected (with the COVID-19), for hospitals in rural areas. All of the protesters who are now giving their lives (in protests) are also affected (by the pandemic) for sure.
Demonstrators clash with police at the entrance to Military Camp 1 in Mexico City as they protest over the case of the 43 students disappeared from Ayotzinapa in 2014. IMAGES
San Jose, Sep 30 (EFE).- Organizations of Nicaraguan people living in exile in Costa Rica formed the Nicaraguan Democratic Union Thursday and asked the people of their country and the international community to react to what they consider a "dictatorship" and "illegitimate" presidential elections to be held on Sep. 7.A dozen of Nicaraguan civil organizations joined in the Nicaraguan Democratic Union (UDN) in order to ensure that civil rights are fulfilled, that the human rights of the people in Nicaragua are respected. (Camera: DOUGLAS MARÍN).SHOT LIST: THE PRESS CONFERENCE HELD BY THE NICARAGUAN DEMOCRATIC UNION, IN SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA.SOUND BITES: ONE OF THE LEADERS OF NICARAGUAN DEMOCRATIC UNION, GERARDO SÁNCHEZ (IN SPANISH). TRANSLATIONS: The UDN (Nicaraguan Democratic Union) calls on the Nicaraguan people not to take part in the electoral circus of the dictatorship. The only thing they want is to legitimize crimes against humanity, for which we do not support since the only free election will only take place without the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).