✊ Civil Resistance — Protest & Repression Map 1959–2026 · where resistance & repression are happening
⚠ Why this section is deliberately coarse
This is a human-rights record of publicly-reported events — it tracks where protest and state repression occur (province / town level), so we can see where resistance to the regime is strongest. It is intentionally not precise: no individual activists are located or named, no real-time positions, no planned actions. A precise, named map of dissident activity would be a gift to the regime's security services — so we document repression and resistance without creating a targeting list. Group attribution reflects public claims (UNPACU, Clandestinos, Autodefensas de Cuba, independents) only.✊ Logged events
38,759
public reports
🪧 Protest/strike
8,840
acts of resistance
🚔 Repression events
29,887
state response/detentions
📍 Provinces active
21/16
with logged events
🏴 Movements tracked
26
civil-society / opposition
📰 News-sourced
1,441
independent-press reports
🏴 Resistance Movements & Civil Society 26
recognized movements — listing documents & validates them as part of the human-rights record
Damas de Blanco
SUPPRESSED
▸ Human rights · 2003 · Havana
Women relatives of political prisoners; weekly silent marches.
👤 Berta Soler
detail
Formed in 2003 after the Black Spring crackdown, the Ladies in White march after Mass demanding the release of political prisoners; awarded the EU Sakharov Prize in 2005.
⚠ Members face routine 'acts of repudiation' and mass Sunday detentions.
Estado de SATS
SUPPRESSED
▸ Artists · 2010 · Havana
Cultural-political project for open debate.
👤 Antonio Rodiles
detail
A Havana project hosting debates, art and the #TodosMarchamos campaign for political-prisoner release.
⚠ Founder Antonio Rodiles beaten and detained; the project pushed underground.
UNPACU
SUPPRESSED
Unión Patriótica de Cuba
▸ Civil resistance · 2011 · Santiago de Cuba
Largest grassroots civil-resistance movement; nonviolent protest and mutual aid.
👤 José Daniel Ferrer
detail
Founded 2011 in Santiago de Cuba, UNPACU is the country's largest opposition movement, organizing nonviolent protest, food aid and documentation of repression.
⚠ Leaders repeatedly detained; José Daniel Ferrer imprisoned multiple times, including after 11J 2021.
Somos+
SUPPRESSED
▸ Political · 2013 · Havana
Youth-oriented pro-democracy movement.
👤 Eliécer Ávila
detail
Founded by Eliécer Ávila, Somos+ promotes a generational, technology-savvy push for democratic reform.
⚠ Members detained; Ávila harassed and his equipment seized.
MSI
SUPPRESSED
Movimiento San Isidro
▸ Artists · 2018 · Havana
Artists and intellectuals against Decree 349 censorship.
👤 Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara
detail
Formed in 2018 in Old Havana's San Isidro district to oppose Decree 349's censorship of independent art; its 2020 hunger strike sparked the 27N movement.
⚠ Otero Alcántara and rapper Maykel Osorbo were jailed with multi-year sentences after 11J.
27N
SUPPRESSED
Movimiento 27N
▸ Artists · 2020 · Havana
Artist collective for freedom of expression.
detail
Born from the 27 November 2020 sit-in by ~300 artists outside the Culture Ministry demanding dialogue and an end to censorship.
⚠ Participants surveilled, detained and barred from travel.
Archipiélago
SUPPRESSED
▸ Civil resistance · 2021 · Havana
Citizen platform that organized the 15N civic march.
👤 Yunior García Aguilera
detail
A Facebook-organized platform that called the 15 November 2021 Civic March for Change; authorities blocked the march and besieged organizers' homes.
⚠ Founder Yunior García was besieged then forced into exile in Spain.
M-30-11
ACTIVE
Movimiento 30 de Noviembre Frank País
▸ Political · 1979 · Santiago de Cuba
Veteran opposition movement honoring Frank País.
detail
One of the older internal opposition movements, advocating peaceful democratic change since the late 1970s.
⚠ Members repeatedly imprisoned across decades.
CCDHRN
ACTIVE
Comisión Cubana de Derechos Humanos y Reconciliación Nacional
▸ Human rights · 1987 · Havana
Independent human-rights monitor; political-prisoner counts.
👤 Elizardo Sánchez
detail
The CCDHRN has documented political detentions and prisoner counts since 1987, providing one of the longest-running independent human-rights records on the island.
⚠ Members harassed and detained; reporting routinely censored.
MCL
ACTIVE
Movimiento Cristiano Liberación
▸ Political · 1988 · Havana
Christian-democratic movement; the Varela Project petition.
👤 Oswaldo Payá (founder, d. 2012)
detail
Founded by Oswaldo Payá in 1988, the MCL launched the Varela Project, a petition for a referendum on civil liberties that gathered tens of thousands of signatures.
⚠ Payá died in a 2012 car crash widely believed to be a state-engineered killing.
Directorio
ACTIVE
Directorio Democrático Cubano
▸ Exile support · 1990 · Exile
Exile group supporting internal nonviolent resistance.
detail
A Miami-based organization channeling support and visibility to nonviolent activists on the island.
Convivencia
ACTIVE
Centro de Estudios Convivencia
▸ Civil resistance · 2007 · Pinar del Río
Lay Catholic civil-society think tank in Pinar del Río.
👤 Dagoberto Valdés
detail
Founded by Dagoberto Valdés, Convivencia publishes proposals for a democratic transition and trains civil-society leaders.
⚠ Members face travel bans and surveillance; events disrupted.
FANTU
ACTIVE
Foro Antitotalitario Unido
▸ Civil resistance · 2010 · Villa Clara
Central-Cuba opposition coalition; hunger-strike activism.
👤 Guillermo Fariñas
detail
FANTU, led by Sakharov laureate Guillermo Fariñas in Santa Clara, coordinates opposition activity across Villa Clara.
⚠ Fariñas has endured dozens of hunger strikes and repeated detentions and beatings.
Damas de Apoyo / Ladies in Support
ACTIVE
▸ Human rights · 2010 · Havana
Women supporters marching alongside the Ladies in White.
detail
An auxiliary network of women who accompany the Ladies in White, expanding their weekly nonviolent witness.
⚠ Subject to the same Sunday detentions and acts of repudiation.
⚠ low-confidence — monitoring
Instituto Patmos
ACTIVE
▸ Religious freedom · 2013 · Villa Clara
Defends religious freedom and conscience.
👤 Mario Félix Lleonart
detail
An ecumenical initiative documenting violations of religious freedom and supporting persecuted pastors.
⚠ Affiliated pastors detained; founder forced into exile.
Cuba Decide
ACTIVE
▸ Political · 2015 · Exile
Initiative for a binding plebiscite on free elections.
👤 Rosa María Payá
detail
Led by Rosa María Payá, Cuba Decide campaigns internationally for a plebiscite to let Cubans decide on a transition to democracy.
⚠ Organizers on the island detained; campaign branded subversive by the state.
ASIC
ACTIVE
Asociación Sindical Independiente de Cuba
▸ Labor · 2016 · Havana
Independent labor union confederation.
detail
ASIC organizes workers outside the state-run CTC, documenting labor-rights abuses.
⚠ Organizers fired, detained and blacklisted.
MUAD
ACTIVE
Mesa de Unidad de Acción Democrática
▸ Political · 2016 · Havana
Coalition of opposition groups seeking a unified platform.
detail
MUAD unites multiple internal opposition organizations behind a common democratic-transition agenda.
⚠ Coordinators detained ahead of planned activities.
Prisoners Defenders
ACTIVE
▸ Prisoner advocacy · 2018 · Exile
Tracks Cuba's political-prisoner population.
👤 Javier Larrondo
detail
Madrid-based NGO publishing the most-cited monthly list of Cuban political prisoners, used by international bodies.
⚠ Its prisoner lists are used to document state repression at the UN and EU.
Clandestinos
ACTIVE
▸ Clandestine · 2020 · Havana
Anonymous direct-action collective; symbolic anti-regime acts.
detail
An anonymous network known for nighttime symbolic actions — painting slogans and defacing pro-government imagery — to puncture the climate of fear.
⚠ The state treats identified participants as serious criminal cases.
⚠ low-confidence — monitoring
Justicia 11J
ACTIVE
▸ Prisoner advocacy · 2021 · Exile
Documents and defends those detained in the 11 July 2021 protests.
detail
Justicia 11J maintains a public database of those arrested during and after the July 2021 protests, tracking sentences and prison conditions.
⚠ Volunteers face surveillance and threats; its data is suppressed on the island.
Autodefensas de Cuba
ACTIVE
▸ Clandestine · 2023 · Unknown
Emerging clandestine resistance network (low-confidence, monitor).
detail
A recently-claimed clandestine resistance network appearing on social media; details unverified and tracked at low confidence pending corroboration.
⚠ low-confidence — monitoring
Cubalex
IN EXILE
▸ Human rights · 2010 · Exile
Independent legal-aid and human-rights documentation center.
👤 Laritza Diversent
detail
Cubalex provides free legal information and documents rights violations; it relocated abroad after raids but continues casework on detentions.
⚠ Its Havana office was raided in 2016; staff interrogated and forced abroad.
OCDH
IN EXILE
Observatorio Cubano de Derechos Humanos
▸ Human rights · 2016 · Exile
Madrid-based monitor of repression and socioeconomic rights.
detail
The OCDH publishes monthly tallies of arbitrary detentions and annual reports on the human-rights situation in Cuba.
⚠ Its monitors on the island operate under constant risk of detention.
Alzados del Escambray
HISTORICAL
▸ Armed (historical) · 1960 · Villa Clara
Historical anti-Castro peasant insurgency (1960–1965).
detail
The Escambray rebellion saw thousands of peasants take up arms against the new government; it was crushed in the 'Lucha Contra Bandidos' campaign.
⚠ Forced relocations of families to Pinar del Río followed the campaign.
Alpha 66
HISTORICAL
▸ Armed (historical) · 1962 · Exile
Historical Miami-based exile paramilitary organization.
detail
One of the longest-standing exile paramilitary groups, formed in 1962 and conducting raids against Cuba during the Cold War.
🧊 3D Resistance Timeline EXPERIMENTAL
province columns grow with cumulative events — drag to orbit
🗺 Resistance strength by province
| Havana | 11,132 | 8057 | |
| Matanzas | 2,799 | 2415 | |
| Santiago de Cuba | 2,050 | 1626 | |
| Guantánamo | 1,799 | 1613 | |
| Villa Clara | 1,621 | 1301 | |
| Camagüey | 1,068 | 800 | |
| Pinar del Río | 842 | 711 | |
| Artemisa | 823 | 663 | |
| Las Tunas | 812 | 618 | |
| Sancti Spíritus | 774 | 595 | |
| Ciego de Ávila | 744 | 639 | |
| Granma | 582 | 449 | |
| Holguín | 569 | 476 | |
| Mayabeque | 515 | 438 | |
| Cienfuegos | 301 | 239 | |
| Isla de la Juventud | 168 | 155 | |
| La Habana | 85 | 40 | |
| Santiago | 4 | 4 | |
| Camaguey | 1 | ||
| Habana | 1 |
🏴 By claimed group
| UNKNOWN | 36,640 |
| NEWS_REPORTED | 1,806 |
| Cubalex | 132 |
| SPONTANEOUS | 62 |
| INDEPENDENT | 27 |
| UNKNOWN | 21 |
| OCDH | 10 |
| ARMED_RESISTANCE | 10 |
| POLITICAL_PRISONERS | 9 |
| Movimiento San Isidro | 9 |
| UNPACU | 6 |
| Prisoners Defenders | 6 |
| spontaneous | 4 |
| Damas de Blanco | 4 |
| MANUAL | 3 |
| Cuba Decide | 3 |
| Justicia 11J | 2 |
| Convivencia | 2 |
| spontaneous / Patria y Vida | 1 |
| Instituto Patmos | 1 |
| UNKNOWN | 1 |
📈 Events per year
| 1959 | 7 | |
| 1960 | 6 | |
| 1961 | 7 | |
| 1962 | 5 | |
| 1963 | 2 | |
| 1964 | 1 | |
| 1965 | 6 | |
| 1966 | 4 | |
| 1967 | 1 | |
| 1968 | 2 | |
| 1969 | 1 | |
| 1970 | 2 | |
| 1971 | 3 | |
| 1972 | 1 | |
| 1973 | 1 | |
| 1974 | 1 | |
| 1975 | 1 | |
| 1976 | 1 | |
| 1978 | 1 | |
| 1979 | 1 | |
| 1980 | 11 | |
| 1981 | 1 | |
| 1984 | 1 | |
| 1985 | 1 | |
| 1986 | 1 | |
| 1987 | 2 | |
| 1988 | 2 | |
| 1989 | 1 | |
| 1990 | 2 | |
| 1991 | 1 | |
| 1993 | 3 | |
| 1994 | 8 | |
| 1995 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 3 | |
| 1997 | 5 | |
| 1998 | 6 | |
| 1999 | 526 | |
| 2000 | 611 | |
| 2001 | 502 | |
| 2002 | 547 | |
| 2003 | 833 | |
| 2004 | 695 | |
| 2005 | 522 | |
| 2006 | 654 | |
| 2007 | 999 | |
| 2008 | 1,204 | |
| 2009 | 1,971 | |
| 2010 | 1,673 | |
| 2011 | 1,775 | |
| 2012 | 1,590 | |
| 2013 | 1,481 | |
| 2014 | 1,482 | |
| 2015 | 2,113 | |
| 2016 | 2,209 | |
| 2017 | 1,716 | |
| 2018 | 1,482 | |
| 2019 | 1,498 | |
| 2020 | 1,140 | |
| 2021 | 1,802 | |
| 2022 | 1,297 | |
| 2023 | 1,317 | |
| 2024 | 1,800 | |
| 2025 | 1,904 | |
| 2026 | 3,313 |
| Date | Type | Province | Group | Summary | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-01 | DETENTION_WAVE | — | UNKNOWN | [ES original; pending translation] Cuba en la Memoria con el expreso político Diosmedes Cano — Una conversación sobre la realidad cubana. La lucha, el presidio político, la denuncia internacional, el activismo pacífico en las voces de sus protagonistas. | ↗ USAGM_PRESS |
| 2026-10-31 | DETENTION_WAVE | — | UNKNOWN | [ES original; pending translation] Más de 100 días sin ver a su hijo: padre de preso político denuncia que le niegan las visitas en la cárcel — “Seguimos siendo víctimas nosotros aquí como familia de ensañamiento y represión”, denunció Wilber Aguilar Bravo. Su hijo, Walnier Luis Aguilar Rivera cumple una condena de 12 años por sedición tras participar en las manifestaciones del 11 de julio de 2021 en el reparto habanero de La Güinera. | ↗ USAGM_PRESS |
| 2026-10-31 | DETENTION_WAVE | — | UNKNOWN | [ES original; pending translation] Cuba en la Memoria con el expreso político Evaristo Sotolongo — Una conversación sobre la realidad cubana. La lucha, el presidio político, la denuncia internacional, el activismo pacífico en las voces de sus protagonistas. | ↗ USAGM_PRESS |
| 2026-10-31 | DETENTION_WAVE | — | UNKNOWN | [ES original; pending translation] Cuba en la Memoria con el expreso político Evaristo Sotolongo(II) — Una conversación sobre la realidad cubana. La lucha, el presidio político, la denuncia internacional, el activismo pacífico en las voces de sus protagonistas. | ↗ USAGM_PRESS |
| 2026-10-31 | PROTEST | La Habana | UNKNOWN | [ES original; pending translation] Cacerolazos y bloqueo de avenidas en La Habana por apagones de hasta 72 horas y meses sin agua — Residentes de varias zonas de La Habana protestaron este viernes tras sufrir apagones de más de 60 horas y una severa escasez de agua potable, en medio de la creciente afectación de servicios básicos en distintos municipios de la capital cubana. | ↗ USAGM_PRESS |
| 2026-10-31 | REPRESSION | — | UNKNOWN | [ES original; pending translation] Periodista Jorge Bello vuelve a prisión sin atención médica: lleva más de un año esperando cirugía — El preso político y periodista independiente cubano Jorge Bello Domínguez sigue sin recibir la atención médica que necesita en la prisión de máxima seguridad de Guanajay, pese a que tiene pendiente una cirugía desde hace más de un año y a que su familia denuncia un deterioro constante de su salud. | ↗ USAGM_PRESS |
| 2026-10-31 | REPRESSION | — | NEWS_REPORTED | Video de arresto de un chofer cubano por ICE desata indignación en redes | ↗ News |
| 2026-10-31 | REPRESSION | — | NEWS_REPORTED | 17 empleados de Disney y Universal entre los 281 arrestados por delitos relacionados a menores en un amplio operativo en Florida | ↗ News |
| 2026-10-31 | PROTEST | — | NEWS_REPORTED | Golpe al Bombo: tribunal de EEUU frena la reapertura de la Lotería de Visas 2027 | ↗ News |
| 2026-10-31 | REPRESSION | — | NEWS_REPORTED | 'Agresiones, amenazas y represalias': la estrategia del régimen contra un joven encarcelado por protestar | ↗ News |
| 2026-10-31 | REPRESSION | — | Cubalex | Cubalex denuncia agresiones contra un joven de 18 años acusado de sabotaje en Cuba | ↗ News |
| 2026-10-31 | REPRESSION | Santiago de Cuba | Cubalex | Cubalex alerta sobre la integridad del joven José Jorge Méndez tras sufrir torturas en prisión | ↗ News |
| 2026-10-31 | REPRESSION | — | NEWS_REPORTED | Trump vaticina el fin del régimen cubano y fija un plazo de dos años | ↗ News |
| 2026-10-31 | PROTEST | — | NEWS_REPORTED | "Evite disgustos", la guerra contra los billetes pequeños en Cuba | ↗ News |
| 2026-10-31 | REPRESSION | — | NEWS_REPORTED | Condenados en Florida seis traficantes que cobraban hasta 40.000 dólares a migrantes cubanos | ↗ News |
| 2026-10-31 | REPRESSION | — | NEWS_REPORTED | Arrestan en Florida a 281 sospechosos por presunto abuso sexual de menores y trata de personas | ↗ News |
| 2026-10-31 | PROTEST | Havana | NEWS_REPORTED | Cacerolazos en El Vedado tras más de 24 horas sin luz: las protestas se extienden por La Habana | ↗ News |
| 2026-10-31 | PROTEST | — | NEWS_REPORTED | Estalla protesta en Boyeros: cubanos cierran una avenida con contenedores de basura por falta de luz y agua | ↗ News |
| 2026-10-30 | REPRESSION | — | NEWS_REPORTED | 🇨🇺 Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara alza su voz por los encarcelados en Cuba desde Washington | ↗ YOUTUBE |
| 2026-10-30 | DETENTION_WAVE | — | UNKNOWN | [ES original; pending translation] Luis Manuel Otero alza su voz en Washington por los presos políticos cubanos — Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara exigió en Washington la liberación de los presos políticos en Cuba durante un acto por el Día Internacional de los Presos Políticos en el Monumento a Lincoln, donde recordó casos como el de Lizandra Góngora Espinosa y Maykel Osorbo. | ↗ USAGM_PRESS |
| 2026-10-30 | REPRESSION | — | NEWS_REPORTED | Megaoperativo contra la trata en Florida deja 281 detenidos, incluidos cubanos acusados de graves crímenes | ↗ News |
| 2026-10-30 | REPRESSION | — | NEWS_REPORTED | ICE arresta a cubano de 70 años con orden de deportación desde 2009: esto es lo que hizo | ↗ News |
| 2026-10-30 | PROTEST | Havana | NEWS_REPORTED | Protesta en la avenida Boyeros: vecinos cortan el paso luego de tres días de apagón | ↗ News |
| 2026-10-30 | REPRESSION | — | NEWS_REPORTED | Daniel Arcadis Solano: un joven cubano que huye del castrismo y sus políticas no debería ser deportado | ↗ News |
| 2026-10-30 | PROTEST | — | NEWS_REPORTED | Miami se encarece: Comprar una casa en el área exige más de 171.000 dólares anuales por hogar | ↗ News |
| 2026-10-30 | PROTEST | Villa Clara | NEWS_REPORTED | Se agrava crisis de la vivienda en Cuba; madres ponen rostro al drama humano de las personas sin techo | ↗ News |
| 2026-10-30 | REPRESSION | — | NEWS_REPORTED | Senador de Puerto Rico habla sobre la orden de arresto de Raúl Castro: “Hay un movimiento no autorizado para divulgación” | ↗ News |
| 2026-10-30 | REPRESSION | — | NEWS_REPORTED | Vuelven a detener a opositor santiaguero que salió de prisión gravemente enfermo | ↗ News |
| 2026-10-30 | REPRESSION | — | NEWS_REPORTED | Cinco cubanos condenados en Tampa por tráfico de migrantes y fraudes de asilo | ↗ News |
| 2026-10-30 | REPRESSION | — | NEWS_REPORTED | Condenan en Florida a cinco cubanos por una red vinculada a más de 1,700 solicitudes de asilo fraudulentas | ↗ News |
| 2026-10-30 | REPRESSION | — | NEWS_REPORTED | Hijo de pastor cubano perseguido en la isla enfrenta deportación tras cuatro meses detenido por ICE | ↗ News |
| 2026-10-30 | REPRESSION | — | NEWS_REPORTED | Cubano condenado por robo y otros delitos en Miami, entre «lo peor de lo peor» de ICE | ↗ News |
| 2026-10-29 | REPRESSION | — | NEWS_REPORTED | Cubana diabética lleva siete meses detenida por ICE: “Tengo miedo de perder mi vida” | ↗ YOUTUBE |
| 2026-10-29 | PROTEST | Havana | NEWS_REPORTED | Bruno Rodríguez y la pérdida de apoyos: el balance de Cuba en la ONU | ↗ YOUTUBE |
| 2026-10-29 | REPRESSION | — | NEWS_REPORTED | 🔴 🇨🇺 Denuncian ante la CIDH la situación de las mujeres presas en Cuba | ↗ YOUTUBE |
| 2026-10-29 | REPRESSION | — | NEWS_REPORTED | Debate en ONU evidenció la naturaleza represiva y corrupta del régimen en Cuba | ↗ YOUTUBE |
| 2026-10-29 | REGIME_CORRUPTION | — | UNKNOWN | [ES original; pending translation] Debate en ONU evidenció la naturaleza represiva y corrupta del régimen en Cuba — El régimen cubano sufrió este miércoles un nuevo retroceso diplomático en la Asamblea General de Naciones Unidas. La comunidad internacional se está dando cuenta de la realidad del pueblo y la corrupción del régimen militar en Cuba, dijo Natalia Molano, portavoz en español del Departmento de Estado. | ↗ USAGM_PRESS |
| 2026-10-29 | DETENTION_WAVE | — | UNKNOWN | [ES original; pending translation] María Corina Machado pide elecciones con garantías y una revisión de la Constitución (VIDEO) — María Corina Machado afirmó en Caracas que su regreso a Venezuela busca impulsar una transición democrática con garantías institucionales, en una rueda de prensa en la que planteó reformas políticas, la liberación de presos políticos y mayor transparencia sobre posibles acuerdos con EEUU. | ↗ USAGM_PRESS |
| 2026-10-29 | DETENTION_WAVE | La Habana | UNKNOWN | [ES original; pending translation] “Las reformas no llegan”: Italia responsabiliza a La Habana de la crisis cubana — La Cancillería italiana admitió el daño del embargo, pero exigió reformas urgentes y la liberación de todos los presos políticos. The post “Las reformas no llegan”: Italia responsabiliza a La Habana de la crisis cubana appeared first on Cubanet . | ↗ DISSIDENT_PRESS |
| 2026-10-29 | REPRESSION | — | NEWS_REPORTED | Nuevo portal para pagar multas de tránsito en Miami-Dade: así puedes acceder | ↗ News |
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