{"id":191916,"date":"2026-03-14T22:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T22:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/191916\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T22:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T22:48:08","slug":"supporters-rally-in-south-florida-as-protests-grow-in-cuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/191916\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporters rally in South Florida as protests grow in Cuba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0March 14, 2026 at 6:24 PM<\/p>\n<p>South Florida rally shows support for protesters in Cuba <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI \u2014 A small group gathered in South Florida on Saturday to stand in solidarity with people in Cuba who have taken to the streets to protest worsening living conditions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Organizers of the rally said they wanted to show support for Cubans demanding basic necessities like electricity, water and food &#8212; things many on the island say are becoming harder to access.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Many in the crowd said they\u2019ve been watching videos circulating online showing people protesting across Cuba, something they say takes a lot of courage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m proud of my people, I\u2019m proud of the Cubans that went out,\u201d said Jeorgina Lima. \u201cWe know that when you go out in Cuba you face real danger because the regime punishes people that speak out and go against the dictatorship. So I\u2019m proud of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Organizer Ramon Saul Sanchez said the situation on the island has become increasingly dire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThey just entered what they call \u2018option zero\u2019 in Cuba,\u201d Sanchez said. \u201cZero power, zero food, zero gas &#8212; zero everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Magdala Louissaint\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/https:\/\/author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/37f8699f-d0f0-420f-8dfa-.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Magdala Louissaint<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Magdala Louissaint joined WPLG in August 2025 and is thrilled to call South Florida home. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0March 14, 2026 at 6:24 PM South Florida rally shows support for protesters in Cuba MIAMI \u2014 A&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":191917,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-191916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}