Cuban leader orders 'combat' in streets amid nationwide anti-gov't protests
2 minutes read By Lorena Cantó Havana, Jul 11 (EFE).- Thousands of Cubans took to the streets on Sunday to protest against the government in an unprecedented day that resulted in clashes and many arrests after President Miguel Díaz-Canel ordered his supporters to confront the demonstrators. The protests, the largest in Cuba since August 1994, came as the country battles a serious economic and health crisis, with the pandemic out of control and a severe shortage of food, medicine and other essentials, in addition to long power outages. Images of hundreds of people marching amid cries of â€...