LIGHTHOUSE PUBLISHER PRESS - ISSUE 1000 - NOVEMBER 2021
Cuban government quashes planned march by protesters Despite a massive crackdown by police, an activist leader said Cuban people "are conquering their rights and pushing for the liberation of over 600 political prisoners." Police vehicles drive along the El Paseo del Prado street in Havana on Monday. Yamil Lage / AFP - Getty Images Nov. 15, 2021, 5:14 PM EST / Updated Nov. 15, 2021, 6:38 PM EST By Carmen Sesin The crackdown began before activists could get out onto the streets of Cuba. For weeks, activists in Cuba had been calling for a “Civic March for Change” on Monday to demand greater freedoms from the communist-run government, a follow-up to the massive, historic protests that shook the country in July. But a much larger-than-normal police presence was on the streets of the capital, Havana. Many of the activists who had planned the march had their homes surrounded by police and security agents, preventing them from going outside. Despite that, s