FILE PHOTO: People gather in front of the culture ministry to show solidarity with dissident artists and to demand a dialogue over limits on freedom of expression, in Havana, Cuba, November 27, 2020. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini
HAVANA (Reuters) - Communist-run Cuba over the weekend launched an all-out rhetorical assault through state-run media on a rare protest that took place Friday for freedom of expression, branding it part of an ongoing effort by the United States to create an uprising.
The Friday stakeout around the culture ministry of around 300 creatives was sparked by authorities' crackdown on the San Isidro Movement of dissident artists and activists that formed two years ago to protest curbs on freedom of expression.
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