In Cuba, the opposition deprived of August 5 protests

The date was marked with a white stone.

The Cuban opposition planned to demonstrate against the government on August 5.

For dissent, three weeks after the July 11 protests, August 5 was a historic occasion.

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Twenty-seven years ago, thousands of Havanese invaded the Malecon, the capital's waterfront, in what has been one of the biggest protests since the

"Triumph of the Revolution,"

as the saying goes.

With the disappearance of the USSR four years earlier, Cuba was then going through the worst economic and food crisis in its history.

Thousands of Havanese, driven by hunger, defy the Castro regime, loot shops and confront the police.

Faced with popular pressure, Fidel Castro lifts the ban on emigration.

Thirty thousand Cubans rush in makeshift boats to reach Florida.

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This demonstration, known as the

“Maleconazo”

, did not happen again on August 5, 2021. The authorities, fearing

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