Crowds Continue Gathering At Versailles Restaurant, A Customary Rallying Point For Cuban-American Community

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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – As nighttime fell connected Little Havana Tuesday, pro-democracy protesters flooded Calle Ocho.

They gathered successful beforehand of Café Versailles, a spot celebrated for dishing discontent.

“I cognize what it’s similar to starve,” said 1 demonstrator, who fled Cuba astatine the property of 5. “We request to springiness the radical what they deserve.”

While the protests person been mostly peaceful, immoderate of it spilled implicit onto the Palmetto Expressway, shutting down postulation for hours.

“If you artifact freeways, we volition not tolerate that,” said Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo, who was successful the heavy of the demonstrations. “I’m a Cuban refugee, truthful I sympathize.”

After taking matters into his ain hands, telling a motortruck operator not to trial his tolerance, the main gave CBS4 his ain thoughts connected the unfolding situation successful Cuba.

“People are being murdered,” helium said. “I anticipation radical admit constabulary much erstwhile they spot what totalitarian governments usage their constabulary for.”

After immoderate much pounding of pans, and small kids waving flags, protesters themselves pounded the pavement, marching for the state they judge is destined to come.

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“We are present for you Cuba. We emotion you. Will ever basal with you,” a demonstrator said.