Good afternoon! I was OTG for a protest “in solidarity with the people of Cuba” at the Walk Of Fame in Hollywood. Many signs saying “#soscuba ,” American / Cuban flags, and chants of “Cuba Libre.”
A few people with Threeper tattoos are mixed in the crowd as well.
Crowd got to about 40-50 people at its peak, with demonstrators walking into the intersection when the traffic lights allowed.
Definitely some diverse opinions- some are in favor of reforming the government, some in favor of anti-Communist revolution, some calling Miguel Díaz-Canel to step down. Common statements revolve around a perceived inability of the government to provide food and handle COVID.
“It’s been a long time, and we’ve been waiting for this time.” I interviewed Marciel Miranda, who was born in Cuba and left for the US 5 years ago.
Marciel, who worked on a Grammy Nominated Album as an engineer talks about the conversations he had with family. “To have freedom in your life [involves] a lot of things, and the government has to take care of that.”
Marciel talks about the current food scarcity in Cuba, the uptick in Coronavirus cases (JHU reporting 6,923 new cases recently) as well as touches briefly on the politics / embargo between Cuba and the US making it difficult to send relief supplies to people in Cuba.
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