- Title: Cuba arrests 10 Panamanians for making 'subversive' signs
- Date: 2nd March 2026
- Summary: HAVANA, CUBA (FILE - FEBRUARY 3, 2026) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF BILLBOARD SHOWING IMAGE OF LATE CUBAN LEADER FIDEL CASTRO, FORMER PRESIDENT RAUL CASTRO, AND CUBAN PRESIDENT MIGUEL DIAZ-CANEL AND PEOPLE AND VEHICLES IN STREET BILLBOARD SHOWING IMAGE OF FIDEL CASTRO, AND LATE COMMANDER OF THE REVOLUTION JUAN ALMEIDA, READING (Spanish) “NO ONE HERE GIVES UP.” HAVANA, CUBA (MARCH
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- Keywords: ARREST CUBA PANAMA SUBVERSIVE
- Location: HAVANA, CUBA
- City: HAVANA, CUBA
- Country: Cuba
- Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,South America / Central America,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001021002032026RP1
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- Story Text: Cuba's Interior Ministry has arrested 10 Panamanian citizens for making signs with "subversive content," saying on Monday (March 2) they had been sent to Cuba from Panama by undisclosed patrons who promised to pay them for creating a disruption.
The arrests on Saturday (February 28) followed another purported attempt at subversion announced by the Cuban government last week, when heavily armed Cuban exiles tried to infiltrate the country on a speedboat, resulting in a shootout with Cuban forces at sea that killed four assailants and wounded six others, who are in Cuban custody, officials said.
The Panamanian embassy in Havana did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Such limits on expression have been cited by Cuban exiles for decades as part of the reason for imposing U.S. economic sanctions against the Communist government.
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