The fleet of ships returned to Miami after launching fireworks near Cuba

Miami boat flotilla supporting protests in Cuba returned to the United States in the dying hours of Saturday after launching fireworks off Havana in international waters.

Social networks gave the share of the success of the solidarity day and They showed photos in which the lights are seen, as well as the police deployment on the Havana promenade.

“Our greetings to the young people who successfully led the flotilla to send a message of solidarity to the people of CubaRamón Saúl Sánchez, president of the Movement for Democracy, assured this Saturday on Twitter.

“The lights were seen from Cuba (…) I admire you guys a lot. Patria y Vida! “, Added the activist who for 23 years led 27 flotillas to denounce” the Castro dictatorship “.

This flotilla of about five ships It is one of many events organized by the Cuban exile in South Florida since the protests in Cuba began on July 11., which included protests, masses, vigils, roadblocks and trips to the White House.

The demonstrations with the flags of the United States and Cuba and with the slogans “SOS Cuba” and “Patria y Vida”, the song that has become the hymn of demands for freedom for the island, have not ceased throughout the year. over the past two weeks. . .

The Movement for Democracy has defined the six main points that it calls on the Biden government to support the Cuban people.

These start with “To allow the people of Cuba to have an Internet connection to enable them to receive information, send it and communicate with each other. ” The group stressed that this includes inviting the various embassies to activate the open “Wi-Fi” capability for Cubans to connect.

Strengthen the signal of Televisión Martí and extend the power of Radio Martí, technical and also budgetary to be more efficient in receiving and disseminating the voices of civil society.

Punish repressors personally and individually under the Magnitsky Global Human Rights Accountability Law, aimed at imposing political and economic sanctions on agents implicated in serious abuses.

This, “with first and last name” and apply said sanctions when exposed to this possibility, including those who visit the United States.

As well constantly denounce in all international bodies the disappearances, arrests, torture and violations of the rights of Cuban citizens who are fighting inside Cuba and demanding that the institutions that control these rights demand that they enter Cuba.

Convene an international coalition of countries to “put pressure on the Cuban dictatorship to put an end to cruel violations of human rights and respect the right to demonstrate freely”.

Finally, enforce the Sullivan Principles of Corporate Social Responsibility (in the version that would apply to Cuba, the Arcos Principles) for any company doing business with Cuba.

President Biden noted this week that “The United States will continue to punish those responsible for the oppression of the Cuban people” and condemned the “mass arrests and mock trials which unjustly condemn to prison” those who dare to speak out.

Among others, the government of Biden last Thursday announced sanctions against Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) minister Álvaro López-Miera, and against an elite military unit commonly referred to as “black wasps” or “black berets”.

He also said he was looking, with the private sector, for innovative ways to “ensure that Cuban citizens have secure and robust Internet access.”

(With information from Efe)

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