Militant Still, Cubans March Against US Blockade and Hybrid War  

Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair

Cubans numbering hundreds of thousands marched on December 20 along Havana’s emblematic Malecon roadway fronting the Florida Straits. (See photos and video here.)  President Miguel Díaz Canel and former President Raul Castro took the lead in a massive protest against stepped-up U.S. efforts to immiserate Cubans and bring down their socialist government.

Earlier that day, President Díaz-Canel addressed this year’s closing session of Cuba’s National Assembly.