Many spoke strongly against any U.S. intervention in Cuba.
“I don’t think we need to find someone to prosecute for Cuba to change,” said Debrezei Barreras, a 43-year-old housewife.
“A military intervention could harm Cubans,” she said. “What I do think is advisable is for both countries to reach an agreement so that Cuba can emerge from this crisis.”
Rodny Amaguer, a 38-year-old architect, agreed.
“There’s no need for anyone from outside to come and fix problems that Cubans themselves, along with their government, should be able to solve,” he said.
Amaguer recalled he was a child when the planes the indictment accuses Castro of targeting were shot down. He said the pilots violated Cuban airspace.
Rolando Mesa, a 61-year-old state employee, concurred.
“If it were the other way around, if Cuba had sent those planes to the United States, and we arrived in Miami, what would they do? They’d shoot us down like doves,” he said.