{"id":197999,"date":"2019-05-02T13:03:36","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T17:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=197999"},"modified":"2019-05-02T13:03:36","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T17:03:36","slug":"cuba-marches-for-may-day-and-in-rejection-of-u-s-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuba-marches-for-may-day-and-in-rejection-of-u-s-sanctions\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba marches for May Day and in rejection of U.S. sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thousands of people marched throughout Cuba this Wednesday in the traditional <em>May Day<\/em> parade, which condemned the Trump administration\u2019s recent sanctions and threats against the island.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The celebration of International Workers Day again had Havana\u2019s Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ed Revolution Square as the main scenario, where &#8220;hundreds of thousands of Habaneros&#8221; paraded holding flags and signs, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.acn.cu\/cuba\/44417-encabezada-por-raul-y-diaz-canel-arranca-marcha-por-el-primero-de-mayo-en-la-habana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">according to reports<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the state media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the capital, the rally was presided over by the current president, Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel, and the former president and still leader of the Communist Party of Cuba, Ra\u00fal Castro; while more than 1,000 foreign guests from union and solidarity organizations from a hundred countries marched with the Cubans.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-197999 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuba-marches-for-may-day-and-in-rejection-of-u-s-sanctions\/attachment\/primero-de-mayo_ot_1-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1267\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_1-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-198001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_1-1.jpg 1900w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_1-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_1-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_1-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_1-1-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_1-1-1140x760.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-198001'>\n\t\t\t\tPresidency of the International Workers Day parade, on May 1, 2019 in Revolution Square.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuba-marches-for-may-day-and-in-rejection-of-u-s-sanctions\/attachment\/primero-de-mayo_ot_18-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1267\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_18-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_18-1.jpg 1900w, 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class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_19-1.jpg 1900w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_19-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_19-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_19-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_19-1-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_19-1-1140x760.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuba-marches-for-may-day-and-in-rejection-of-u-s-sanctions\/attachment\/primero-de-mayo_ot_34-2\/'><img 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srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_43-1.jpg 1900w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_43-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_43-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_43-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_43-1-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_43-1-1140x760.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuba-marches-for-may-day-and-in-rejection-of-u-s-sanctions\/attachment\/primero-de-mayo_ot_47-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1267\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_47-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_47-1.jpg 1900w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_47-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_47-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_47-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_47-1-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_47-1-1140x760.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the early hours of the morning, participants began to move to the places planned for the pre-parade concentration, which began at 7:00 a.m. and lasted about two hours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike other years, there was no speaker at the beginning, and in its place the speech made 19 years ago by the late leader Fidel Castro, in which he defined the concept of Revolution, which is continuously cited in Cuba, was reproduced through the amplification system.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_198010\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-198010\" style=\"width: 1900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_20-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-198010\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_20-1.jpg\" alt=\"International Workers Day parade, on May 1, 2019 in Havana\u2019s Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ed Revolution Square. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_20-1.jpg 1900w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_20-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_20-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_20-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_20-1-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_20-1-1140x760.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-198010\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">International Workers Day parade, on May 1, 2019 in Havana\u2019s Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ed Revolution Square. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Unity, commitment and victory&#8221; was read on the banner that led the massive march, led by workers from the Cuban health sector, and in whose first rows were the doctors who returned from Brazil after the island withdrew its collaborators from the South American nation after ultra-rightist President Jair Bolsonaro came to power.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Representatives of the LGTBI community, which in recent years has achieved greater acceptance and visibility on the island, were also present along with student, labor and social groups.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The parade was inspired by the voices of broadcasters through huge loudspeakers placed on the street and broadcast live on national television. Banners with slogans in support of the Revolution, against U.S. sanctions, flags and signs identifying work centers marked the march, which had replicas throughout the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-197999 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuba-marches-for-may-day-and-in-rejection-of-u-s-sanctions\/attachment\/primero-de-mayo_ot_5-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1267\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_5-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_5-1.jpg 1900w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_5-1-300x200.jpg 300w, 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Havana\u2019s Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ed Revolution Square. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_45-1.jpg 1900w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_45-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_45-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_45-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_45-1-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/primero-de-mayo_ot_45-1-1140x760.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-198035\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flag of Venezuela in the International Workers Day parade, on May 1, 2019 in Havana\u2019s Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ed Revolution Square. 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