...A demonstrator in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami bangs on a pot July 12, 2021, as people rally in solidarity with protesters in Cuba. (CNS photo/Maria Alejandra Cardona, Reuters) ...People in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami rally in solidarity with protesters in Cuba July 12, 2021. (CNS photo/Maria Alejandra Cardona, Reuters) Help us expand our reach! Please share this article U.S. theologians and human rights experts on Cuba worried that any repeat of the widespread protests in Cuba on July 11 may be met with a swift, violent set of state-sponsored reactions. There were already signals the Cuban government had disseminated a multifaceted action plan July 12 that was to last 72 hours. It included shutting down internet communications, as well as deploying plainclothes-wearing state police and military personnel to squash further protests following July 11's massive turnout, according to Elsie Miranda.