SARASOTA COUNTY AND TAMPA BAY (WSNN) – People from the Suncoast and across the bay, demonstrated once more on the streets demanding freedom for the people of Cuba.
Dozens of people in Sarasota gathered at the Bayfront to demand change for Cuba, calling for Freedom. In Tampa, they gathered near Raymond James Stadium to do the same, letting people on the island know they are not alone.
“We are supporting the people of Cuba today, tomorrow, and always,” Tampa Bay resident Regino Prado said. “The Freedom of Cuba is coming soon. Freedom for the people of Cuba. Down with communism.”
With the leading opposers and independent journalists working from their homes, the images of what happened in Cuba, November 15 were not publicized.
“This is for the freedom of all Cubans, for the freedom of all political prisoners, for the freedom of my people for Cuba to be a democratic country,” Tampa Bay resident Relis Gonzalez said.
That is why, for the second day in a row, the Cuban exiles of Tampa Bay, decided to take to the streets and be heard and demand change in Cuba. They want to be the voice of those who the island regime is trying to silence at all costs.
“In Cuba, there is no peace, there is no freedom of expression, and it is important to continue demonstrating here so that the people in Cuba know they are not alone; we are supporting them,” Tampa Bay resident Celine Canut said. “And opening the eyes of the rest of the world, so that they see that there is a dictatorship and that communism does not bring anything good and you have to continue fighting.”
“We have to support the Cuban people who are suffering sixty-two years of dictatorship,” Tampa Bay resident Reinaldo Canut said.
At this iconic corner of Tampa, the adults weren’t the ones who showed up, children like Brian Carmona, say they want the best for their families in Cuba. He says wants…
“Freedom, that they be free, and that they have the happiness that we have here in America,” Carmona said.
It’s a happiness that some believe, drastic measures need to be taken to achieve.
“We need to stop sending items to Cuba,” Tampa Bay resident Pedro Pablo said. “No more money or medicine because we know that the government is taking it and using it for themselves.”
The demonstrations were a reminder to the world that Cubans are still not free. Four months after the July 11th demonstrations on the island, 658 protesters remain in prison, just for disagreeing with the Cuban government, according to the Cuban human rights non-governmental organization.
