BUFFALO, N.Y. — Members of the Western New York Cuban community showed their support with a march in downtown Buffalo on Sunday afternoon.
The people who assembled in Niagara Square are hoping to spread awareness of the poor conditions their families are enduring under the country's dictatorship.
Cuba has been rocked by protests the past several weeks, with pleas for international aid.
The Niagara Square protest was called "Si Cuba Esta en la Calle Buffalo Tambien."
People who spoke at the event included Estefania Alayeto, an organizer of Cuban America; Jazmin Vidal, a Cuban American; Xiomara Ledesma, a Cuban immigrant who left Cuba in 1994 by a raft; and Maria Sanchez, an 81-year-old Cuban immigrant.