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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.
Miami, Jul 20 (EFE/EPA).- The Democracy Movement of Cubans living in exile in Miami announced Tuesday that it will inform the United Nations and the Organization of American States (OAS) of the disappearance of at least half a thousand of young people following a series of protests in Cuba.Ramón Saúl Sánchez, president of the organization, told Efe Tuesday that they have received constant calls from from families on the island who do not know the whereabouts of their loved ones. (Camera: CRISTOBAL HERRERA).SHOT LIST: A PRESS CONFERENCE HELD BY THE DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT IN MIAMI, FLORIDA, US.SOUND BITE: THE PRESIDENT OF DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT, RAMÓN SAÚL SÁNCHEZ (IN ENGLISH) AND THE LAWYER, GUS GARCÍA, LAWYER (IN SPANISH). TRANSLATION:1.GUS GARCÍA, LAWYER. - They are not asking for the visa from the United States. They are asking for "libertad" or "liberty" in English. That's what they're asking for.
Hundreds of South Koreans gather in Seoul to protest against the release of wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear reactor. Meanwhile, seawater samples taken following the release of wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear reactor showed radioactivity levels well within safe limits, operator TEPCO said on Friday. IMAGES
Residents of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, walk in a flooded neighborhood after heavy rainfall causes severe flooding on the streets and in homes. IMAGES
Several dozen demonstrators try to get on the stage where President Cyril Ramaphosa was to make his annual speech on the state of the country, they are intercepted by the security forces present there. Before that, the demonstrators disrupted the ceremony and asked for the resignation of the South African president, as well as the end of power cuts in the country. This comes amid an acute electricity crisis, which has left 60 million South Africans without electricity for hours a day. IMAGES
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).