People pass by in front of the Havana's Cathedral, Cuba July 19, 2021. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba's churches have defended those who participated in unprecedented protests and even set up a hotline to advise the families of detainees, a sign of increasing boldness from spiritual leaders on the Communist-run island.
Protests erupted https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/street-protests-break-out-cuba-2021-07-11 nationwide on July 11 against shortages of medicine and food, power outages, the COVID-19 surge and curbs on freedom. The government blamed counter-revolutionaries it said were exploiting hardships caused by decades-old U.S. sanctions.
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