Hundreds of Cuban women have gathered in Havana to decry a U.S. energy embargo and other measures imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump that are strangling the Caribbean island. Tuesday's rally was organized by the Federation of Cuban Women. It is a massive organization with close ties to the government and the Communist Party. The crowd waved Cuban flags, held signs that read “Down with the Blockade” and clutched pictures of Fidel Castro and the late Vilma Espín, the federation’s founder, a guerrilla fighter and Raúl Castro’s wife. Deputy Prime Minister Inés María Chapman and Deputy Foreign Minister Josefina Vidal led the demonstration along with Mariela Castro, daughter of Espín and former President Raúl Castro.
