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HAVANA (Reuters) – Raul Castro was among thousands who attended a government-organized rally in Havana on Saturday to denounce the U.S. trade embargo and reaffirm their support for Cuba\u2019s revolution, a week after unprecedented protests rocked the communist-run country.<\/p>

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Government supporters gathered on the city\u2019s seafront boulevard before dawn to wave Cuban flags and photos of late revolutionary leader Fidel Castro and his brother Raul. The latter retired as Communist Party leader in April but promised to continue fighting for the revolution as a \u201cfoot soldier\u201d.<\/p>\n

The rally was a reaction to demonstrations here that erupted nationwide last Sunday amid widespread shortages of basic goods, demands for political rights and the island nation’s worst coronavirus outbreak since the start of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

The government admitted here some shortcomings this week but mostly blamed here the protests on U.S.-financed “counter-revolutionaries” exploiting economic hardship caused by U.S. sanctions.<\/p>\n

President Miguel Diaz-Canel, who also heads the Communist Party, told the crowd that Cuba\u2019s \u201cenemy has once again thrown itself into destroying citizen\u2019s sacred unity and tranquility.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said it was no small matter to call a rally as the country saw increasing numbers of COVID cases: \u201cWe convened you to denounce once more the blockade, the aggression and terror.\u201d<\/p>\n

Authorities said similar rallies were held nationwide.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis revolution will continue for a long time,\u201d said Margaritza Arteaga, a state social worker who attended the rally in Havana.<\/p>\n

Workers had been convened by neighborhood block committees, known as the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution, she said, and a state bus had picked her up at 4 a.m.<\/p>\n

Shortly before the rally in Havana officially began, authorities removed a man shouting anti-government slogans including \u201cfreedom\u201d from the crowd.<\/p>\n

The number of those detained during or after protests has grown as new reports trickle in amid irregular outages here in internet and messaging applications on the island where the state has a monopoly on telecommunications.<\/p>\n

The latest tally from exiled rights group Cubalex put those detained at 450, although some have since been released. Activists have accused authorities of repression as some videos have emerged on social media of police beating protesters.<\/p>\n

The government has not yet given official figures for those detained although it has said it has arrested those it suspects of instigating unpatriotic unrest or of carrying out vandalism. State television has broadcast images of people looting Cuba\u2019s controversial dollar stores and overturning empty police cars.<\/p>\n

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