Cuban opponent Yunior Garcia takes refuge in Spain

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Yunior Garcia.

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By: Johanne Burgell

1 min

Cuban opponent Yunior Garcia therefore found refuge in Madrid.

His relatives had not heard from him for more than 48 hours ... He was the main organizer of the demonstration against the government which was to be held on Monday (November 15, 2021) in the Cuban capital.

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Yunior Garcia who explained that:

“The only way to avoid being silenced was to escape.

"

The Cuban playwright gave a first interview.

"I am not a machine, he

explains,

just a normal guy, the last few days have been difficult, I was perhaps not prepared for this, in particular because it affected my family at home",

he said.

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For the first time since 2017, the opposition is participating in the ballot.

The health system is running out of steam ... and the living conditions of the population are deteriorating ...

The country is facing hyperinflation ... The national currency, the bolivar, loses all its value.

Venezuela is experiencing dollarization, and finds itself unable to recover its economy, the government turns a blind eye.

The report by

Alice Campaignolle.

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explains Frantz, editor-in-chief of Le Nouvelliste.

“There are still very complicated areas where gangs are fighting.

The Prime Minister visited the Police High Staff, he also met police officers.

It was necessary, 

according to

Frantz Duval

, because trust was lost between the political authorities and the police authorities.

"

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