Miami-area supporters of protests in Cuba in the Miami area stopped traffic on a Florida highway on Tuesday.
The Florida Highway Patrol and Miami-Dade police blocked the Palmetto Expressway northbound traffic on Tuesday afternoon as supporters rallying for protesters in Cuba halted traffic further south.
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Local Fox affiliate WSVN showed footage from the Florida Department of Transportation’s Traffic Cam on Twitter. The video showed the road closure and marching from various angles. The station also wrote in its tweet: “The Palmetto Expressway (SR-826) has been shut down in both directions near Coral Way and SW 32nd Street as protestors voicing their support for the people of Cuba went onto the expressway.”
#BREAKING – The Palmetto Expressway (SR-826) has been shut down in both directions near Coral Way and SW 32nd Street as protestors voicing their support for the people of Cuba went onto the expressway. pic.twitter.com/8cCFNmL5m7
— WSVN 7 News (@wsvn) July 13, 2021
The Palmetto Expressway, also known as State Road 826, is a bypass route in the greater Miami area that stretches for approximately 30 miles from U.S. Route 1 in Pinecrest to State Route A1A in Sunny Isles Beach.
Traffic was reportedly stopped in both directions on the expressway on Tuesday afternoon, beginning at around 1:35 p.m.
Demonstrations broke out across Cuba on Sunday with protesters expressing anger against the communist government over a lack of COVID-19 vaccines, as well as concern about severe blackouts and food shortages. The demonstrations have been called the largest on the island in decades.
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