07/14/2021 9:31 AM
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Updated 07/14/2021 9:31 AM
Although William Castillo González managed to leave Cuba and go into exile in Argentina last October, already with the advanced coronavirus pandemic, he does not stop living distressing days due to the crisis in his country.
Doctor and a fellow from Conicet, the man was desperate because of the climate of tension that his compatriots are experiencing and said that he has "disappeared friends" from the Castro regime.
"There are many missing people. I have missing friends
,
" he
emphasized, in dialogue with
Radio Rivadavia.
Castillo González is one of the Cuban residents who demonstrated in front of the Cuban Embassy in Buenos Aires on Tuesday.
"The protests are peaceful," said the doctor, adding that they will replicate the demonstrations this Wednesday at 6:00 p.m.
"As long as we have missing brothers, running, suffering and crying for freedom, and the mothers crying, we will be every day at 18 in front of the Cuban Embassy.
Our demonstration will always be peaceful,
" he said.
The protests against the Government are the strongest since the so-called "maleconazo" of August 1994. Photo: AFP
In the midst of the crisis on the island, with the military on the streets to suppress the protests and the lack of Internet access, Castillo González spoke of a situation "from another world."
And he gave an example: "The
Cuban government dresses the military as civilians
and the military is in the street with bats, branches, trunks, handing out blows ...".
According to Castillo González, the needs and restrictions on the island are increasing.
"I called my grandmother last week, she had not spoken for a long time. And she received me with the news that oxygen had not arrived. She suffers from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and needs oxygen at home. And
they told her that the truck did not have oil to be able to move the oxygen,
"he said.
Indignant, he added: "And now we see how the regime moves the paramilitaries in trucks and how many patrols are using gasoline."
The protests against the Government of Miguel Díaz Canel are the strongest that have taken place on the island since the so-called "maleconazo" of August 1994, when hundreds of people went out to the famous Havana seafront in the midst of the hardships of the so-called "special period".
"Freedom"
,
"Down with dictatorship"
, "Down with communism", "Homeland and life" and "No more lies" are some of the most repeated slogans in recent days, where there were moments of tension and repression by of the military.
Cuban authorities confirmed on Tuesday the death of one person during the clashes and at least 130 detainees.
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