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The heavy arm of the Cuban government has been falling on the people protesting the government, but it’s also falling on those who have been trying to cover what’s going on in the media.
There are now reports of at least 140 people having been “detained” by the government or have been “disappeared.”
“The idea is to punish those who dare to challenge the government … and send a message” that no further protests would be tolerated, said Guevara-Rosas, who said spontaneous and peaceful rallies had taken place in at least 48 separate locations, including Havana.
On Tuesday Spain’s foreign minister, José Manuel Albares, demanded the immediate release of Camila Acosta, a Cuban journalist who reports for a Spanish newspaper and was among those seized from their homes in the capital early on Monday. [….]