Orden de San Benito, Hialeah

Bishop/Abbot Misael Carmenates, OSB ask the community, The Province of Reconciliation around the world to Pray for CUBA  Demonstrations without recent precedents started in Cuba on 11 July with people chanting “freedom!” and “down with the dictatorship” , as the country goes through the worst economic crisis in 30 years, a situation aggravated by the Covid-19 pandemic. The protests, widely shared on social media, started spontaneously in the early hours of Sunday. Such gatherings against the government of Miguel Díaz Canel are very rare in a country controlled by the Communist party. The President called his supporters to take the streets and confront the protesters. “Down with the dictatorship”, “Go away” and “Country and life!” were some of the chants heard by several thousands who took the streets in cities across the island. “Freedom!”, sang others in the emblematic Malecón of La Habana. Images were seen as well of groups of people breaking glasses of businesses and stealing f...