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New Yorkers rally to support Cuba
Published Mar 8, 2009 8:56 PM
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WW photo: John Catalinotto
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Friends of the Cuban Revolution rallied in front of the Cuban Mission to
the United Nations March 1 to counter a simultaneous rally of right-wing Cuban
exiles. More than 100 pro-Cuba activists arrived at the mission, alerted on
short notice when news came of plans for the counter-revolutionary rally. They
chanted “¡Cuba Sí, Bloqueo No!” “Free the Cuban
Five!” and “Long live socialist Cuba!” The pro-Cuba
demonstrators drowned out the chants of the counterrevolutionaries and
infuriated many of the right-wing demonstrators.
The anti-Cuba demonstration was organized by a group called “Cuba: A
Cambio Ya!” Right-winger Alex Romay claimed the protest was “in
favor of liberty ... and against the Castro regime.” The pro-Cuba
activists argued that former Cuban President Fidel Castro presided over an
unprecedented level of freedom and development for Cuba, a nation that was once
virtually a colony of the United States. True liberty for Cuba would mean an
end to the U.S. blockade and liberty for the five Cuban heroes trapped in U.S.
prisons. In photo, Dolores Cox and Luis Barrios.
—Julie Fry
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