Cuba reopens doors to tourism as threat of protests looms

Children sit after the opening ceremony of the new school year for primary school students, in Havana, Cuba, November 15, 2021. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba reopened schools and its borders to international tourism on Monday as opposition groups urged supporters to protest for greater political freedoms, setting up a tense showdown between the government and its critics on the Caribbean island.

Dissidents have for months called on social media for a "Civic March for Change" following street protests in July https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/street-protests-break-out-cuba-2021-07-11, the largest on the island in decades.