Cuba hosts pro-Palestinian rallies led by the country's president

Yesterday, more than a thousand people took to the streets of Havana, chanting “Long live free Palestine.” The demonstration was attended by Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and other leaders of the communist island.

Written by UNN with references to France24 and AFP.

“Long live a free Palestine!” was the message on the screen before the demonstration in support of the Palestinian people that took place on Monday, October 14, in the Cuban capital.

Among the demonstrators in Havana were about 250 Palestinian medical students carrying a large banner, joined by the president and his allies, who were wearing traditional keffiyeh headscarves.

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“We are here to support the just demands of the Palestinian people for their sovereignty, their freedom [...] and against the genocidal crusade that Israel is waging against the Palestinian people,” Michel Marinho, a 20-year-old Cuban international relations student, told AFP.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and other leaders of the communist island attended the rally in Havana, and they also marched to express solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza.

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The march was supposed to take place on the anniversary of Hamas's brutal attack on Israel, but was postponed due to Hurricane Milton, which hit Cuba and Florida last week.

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