>> Layron: WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS CALLS FOR CHANGE IN CUBA RESONATING LOUDLY IN
SOUTH FLORIDA THOUSANDS ON THE
STREETS OF LITTLE HAVANA SETTING
OFF WHAT COULD BE A TURNING
POINT FOR THE ISLAND NATION.
IT’S A REFLECTION WHAT’S GOING
ON, CUBANS DEMANDING FREEDOM AND
INTERNATIONAL AID WITH A
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS.
>> Alex: WE HAVE LIVE COVERAGE
SANELA WITH ACTION BUT TERRELL
IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
>> PEOPLE BY THE HUNDREDS LINE
THE STREETS OF LITTLE HAVANA
BEARING CUBAN FLAGS AN MESSAGES
OF FREEDOM.
>> BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.
WE JUST WANT TO BE FREE.
>> IMAGES FROM PEOPLE IN CUBA
MARCHING ON THE STREETS BY THE
THOUSANDS, A HISTORIC SITE FOR
OPPRESSED SOCIETY AN
ORGANIZATIONS HERE ARE WATCHING
CLOSELY.
>> WE MUST LISTEN TO WHAT THE
PEOPLE OF CUBA ARE SAYING.
THEY WANT AN END TO THE TYRANNY
WHICH HAS HAS UNPRECEDENTED
MISERY.
>> AS WORD SPREAD THROUGHOUT
SOUTH FLORIDA OF THE UP RISING
THE STREETS AROUND THE
RESTAURANT BECAME SWARMED WITH
FOLKS WHO PROTESTED IN
SOLIDARITY SO MUCH SO THE POLICE
HAD TO SHUT A PORTION OF
SOUTHWEST EIGHTH STREET.
CITY OF MIAMI MAYOR SUAREZ.
PROTESTORS HERE WANT POLITICIANS
TO DO MORE.
>> I WANT TO SEE THE PRESIDENT
TO SEE SOMETHING TO DO SOMETHING
NOW BECAUSE THIS IS THE MOMENT.
IF NOT THEY’RE GOING TO KILL THE
PEOPLE IN CUBA FOR NOTHING.
>> PEOPLE ARE DYING AND RIGHT
NOW WE JUST WANT TO GET BACK TO
OUR PEOPLE.
>> LIVE LOOK AT WHAT THE
SITUATION LOOKS LIKE IN FRONT OF
THE VERSAILLES RESTAURANT, SO
MANY PEOPLE FEEL THAT SENTIMENT.
THEY’VE BEEN OUT HERE THE PAST
FEW HOURS.
AT TIMES CHANTING LIBERTAD,
SPANISH FOR FREEDOM.
THE SKIES OPENED UP A FEW
MINUTES AGO AND POURED DOWN
FORCING SOME PEOPLE TO LEAVE BUT
MANY PEOPLE HAVE REMAINED HERE.
THEY ARE HAPPY CHANTING.
LIVE FROM LITTLE HAVANA "LOCAL
10 NEWS."
>> Layron: MIAMI POLICE CHIEF
ACEVEDO TWEETING.
>> Alex: WE BRING IN LOCAL10’S
REPORTER.
EXPLAIN FOR US.
>> IT’S SOMETHING IF YOU HAVE
WITHIN WATCHING CUBA THERE MAY
HAVE COME A TIME WHEN WE WERE
GOING TO SEE THIS AND EVERYBODY
WHO WATCHES CUBA KNOWS WHAT’S
HAPPENING THERE.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE ECONOMY
WHEN IT COMES TO THE COVID
CRISIS SO YOU HAVE THE
COMBINATION OF THOSE THINGS.
PLUS YOU HAVE TRUMP SANCTIONS
THAT ARE IMPACTING WHAT’S
HAPPENING IN CUBA AND YOU’RE
SEEING THE RESULT OF THOSE
THINGS AT ONCE, PEOPLE SHOWING
FRUSTRATION TAKING TO THE
STREETS SOMETHING WE HAVE NEVER
SEEN IN 60 YEARS SINCE THE
REVOLUTION DOWN THERE.
>> THESE DEMONSTRATIONS HAVE
BEEN SIMMERING.
WE HAVE SEEN A COUPLE OF THESE
IN SMALLER FORM BUT NOW THIS IS
A PRETTY LARGE DEMONSTRATION AND
IT’S RESONATING IN OTHER PARTS.
>> THAT’S RIGHT.
YOU MENTION THE SMALLER PROTEST
THAT WE SAW ONE IN NOVEMBER LAST
YEAR IT WAS AT THE MINISTRY OF
CULTURE SOMETHING WE HAD NEVER
SEEN BECAUSE IT WAS ORGANIC LED
BY THE YOUTH LED BY
INTELLECTUALS AND ARTISTS.
YOU COULD PROBABLY ARGUE THIS IS
LINKED TO THAT IN THE WAY THAT
THAT PROVIDED COURAGE FOR CUBANS
TO DO WHAT WE ARE SEEING NOW BUT
WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT IN THE SENSE THAT NOW
YOU HAVE LARGE MASSES AN SEVERAL
CITIES ACROSS THE ISLAND.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT’S
UNPRECEDENTED.
>> Alex: GIVES A BIRTH EYE VIEW
WHAT’S GOING ON THERE.
>> WE HEARD FROM THE CUBAN
PRESIDENT WHY HE THINKS THIS IS
HAPPENING.
MUCH OF THE SPEECH WAS ABOUT THE
U.S. INTERVENTION HOW THE U.S.
IS AFFECTING OR PURPOSEFULLY
DOING ALL THIS.
HERE’S WHAT HE SAID IN SPECIAL.
[SPEAKING IN SPANISH]
[SPEAKING IN SPANISH]. >> SO THERE HE’S TALKING ABOUT OBVIOUSLY BLAMING THE U.S. FOR
EVERYTHING THAT’S HAPPENING IN
CUBA
NO SURPRISE THERE BECAUSE THE
CUBAN GOVERNMENT HAS DONE THIS
THROUGHOUT HISTORY SINCE FIDDLE
CASTRO SAYING THAT WE ARE TO
BLAME FOR ALL THEIR PROBLEMS.
>> Layron: CHANGE FROM THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WE SAW
RESTRICTIONS TIGHTEN DURING THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
WHERE FROM HERE?
HAVE WE HEARD FROM THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION?
> WE DON’T KNOW WHAT THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO DO.
THEY HAVE BARELY TALKED ABOUT
CUBA SO YOU’RE SEEING THE
POSSIBILITY THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION MAY NOT DO
ANYTHING FOR POLITICAL REASONS.
WE’VE GOT THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS
COMING UP AND I THINK THEY’RE
STAYING LOW KEY ON CUBA BUT
WHAT’S HAPPENING NOW COULD
PROMPT THEM TO DO SOMETHING.
>> Alex: I THINK THIS IS GOING
TO MAKE IT FOR THOSE WHO WEREN’T
WATCHING AND TOTALLY IN TUNE OF
WHERE WE ARE THIS PUTS EYEBALLS
ON THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> Layron: MUCH MORE TO COME.
STAY WITH LOCAL10 FOR MUCH MORE