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(BBC) \u2013 Thousands of Cubans have joined the biggest protests for decades against the island\u2019s Communist government.<\/b><\/p>

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They marched in cities including the capital Havana, shouting, \u201cDown with the dictatorship!\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Images on social media showed what appear to be security forces detaining and beating some of the protesters.<\/p>

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Cubans have been angered by the collapse of the economy, as well as by restrictions on civil liberties and the authorities\u2019 handling of the pandemic.<\/p>

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The protesters were demanding a faster coronavirus vaccination programme after Cuba reported a record of nearly 7,000 daily infections and 47 deaths on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Last year, Cuba\u2019s largely state-controlled economy shrank by 11%, its worst decline in almost three decades. It was hit hard by the pandemic and US sanctions.<\/p>

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Thousands of pro-government supporters also took to the streets after the president went on television to urge them to defend the revolution \u2013 referring to the 1959 uprising which ushered in decades of Communist rule.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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President Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel said the protests were a provocation by mercenaries hired by the US to destabilise the country.<\/p>

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\u201cThe order to fight has been given \u2013 into the street, revolutionaries!\u201d he said in an address on TV.<\/p>

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The top US diplomat for Latin America, Julie Chung, tweeted: \u201cWe are deeply concerned by \u2018calls to combat\u2019 in Cuba.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWe stand by the Cuban people\u2019s right for peaceful assembly. We call for calm and condemn any violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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