In recent weeks, people arrested after taking part in protests in Cuba last year have been on trial. The demonstrations were the first in nearly three decades and were suppressed by the government with hundreds of arrests.
Cubans took to the streets to express frustration, ask for more freedom and criticize the dictatorship. All this amid a context of economic crisis aggravated by the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to official figures, more than a thousand people have been arrested and 128 of them have already been convicted. The sentences have drawn attention for their harshness — many are more than 15 years in prison. In addition, there are allegations of human rights violations by the regime.
This Thursday (28), Café da Manhã deals with the impact of the protests on Cuban politics and analyzes the repression of government opponents. The correspondent of Sheet in Latin America, Sylvia Colombo, visited Cuba and tells what she saw and heard there.
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Café da Manhã is published from Monday to Friday, always at the beginning of the day. The episode is presented by journalists Magê Flores and MaurÃcio Meireles, with production by Jéssica Maes, Laila Mouallem and Victor Lacombe. Sound editing is by Thomé Granemann.
