MIAMI (AP) – Protesters waving flags and chanting “Obama, traitor!” are gathering for a demonstration against the president’s plan to normalise relations with the Castro government.
A Cuban opposition leader from the island is expected to open the protest today. Activist Jorge Luis Garcia Perez, known as Antunez, is scheduled to join Cuban Americans in Miami.
More than two dozen exile groups are listed as participating. As the demonstration was scheduled to begin, a couple hundred people had shown up, mostly older Cuban-Americans.
Many carried Cuban flags or wore shirts with the flag displayed. Some carried U.S. flags, or both U.S. and Cuban flags. There were several chants, among them: “No more flights to Cuba!” and “Viva cubra libre!”
About five women held a large sign proclaiming: “Obama’s message to Castro: Imprison Americans and get 3 spies and an embassy”.
Miami is no stranger to protests from the Cuban community, though they’ve become smaller and more sporadic.
