Cubans took to the streets in cities across the desperately impoverished police state to protest the island nation's brutal 62-year-old communist dictatorship in what are said to be the largest public demonstrations against the regime in decades.
Thousands of Cubans in at least 16 cities from Havana all the way to Santiago de Cuba chanted "libertad," the Spanish word for freedom, as they demanded an end to government oppression. Many wore or waved American flags and were beaten by police, Breitbart News reported. Hundreds were reportedly arrested. Cuban journalists were arrested for covering the protests, according to Cubanet.