Cuban Americans rally in Miami while protest plans fizzle in Havana

People attend a rally ahead of an opposition demonstration in Cuba, in Miami, Florida, U.S. November 14, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello

MIAMI/HAVANA (Reuters) -Cuban Americans in Miami held rallies and led prayers to support dissidents on the Communist-run Caribbean island whose planned protests on Sunday largely fizzled under pressure from authorities and government supporters.

Dissidents in Cuba have for months been preparing a "Civic March for Change" in support of civil and human rights following nationwide protests in July, the largest on the island since Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution. Rights groups say more than 1,000 people were detained following those rallies and hundreds remain in jail.