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Judi Lynn

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Sun Jul 17, 2016, 10:46 PM Jul 2016

Miami Protesters Demand End of US Blockade to Cuba

Miami Protesters Demand End of US Blockade to Cuba

Washington, Jul 11 (Prensa Latina) A motorcade with flags and banners demanding an end to the economic, commercial and financial blockade the United States has imposed to Cuba for more than 50 years, toured the streets of Miami, local media reported here.
About 50 vehicles toured on Saturday, July 9, more than 25 kilometers of the main avenues and residential neighborhoods in Miami, where a large population of Cuban-born immigrants is living.

The demonstration was organized by the Marti Alliance coalition, which includes several organizations of Cuban emigrant residents in the northern country.

According to the organizers, the vehicles toured with lights on, sounding horns, carrying flags of Cuba and the United States, and displaying posters to demand the end of the blockade, Radio Miami station website posted yesterday.

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