Five arrested in Cuba after protest at local Communist party office

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Five people were arrested in Cuba after a small group of protesters broke into a provincial Communist Party office in Morón, setting fire to computers and furniture in a rare act of public dissent. The incident also affected a nearby pharmacy and shop. State media described the event as starting peacefully before degenerating into vandalism.

Rare action began peacefully but ‘degenerated into vandalism’ according to state-run newspaper Five people have been arrested in Cuba for acts of “vandalism” after a small group of protesters broke into a provincial office of the Cuban Communist party and set fire to computers and furniture. The incident, which also affected a pharmacy and another shop, took place in the town of Moron, a little more than 300 miles (500km) east of Havana. Continue reading...