Cubans, led by senior members of the government, are demanding a reversal of the trade embargo that was tightened during Donald Trump's first term.

Around 700,000 people marched outside the U.S. Embassy in Havana on Friday, demanding an end to Washington's decades-long blockade of Cuba and calling for the island's removal from the U.S. State Department's list of state sponsors of terrorism.

Thousands of Cubans joined a protest Friday in front of the US embassy in Havana that was led by President Miguel Diaz-Canel and ex-leader Raul Castro against Washington's long-standing trade blockade.

Tens of thousands of Cubans marched in front of the U.S. embassy in Havana on Friday to protest longstanding sanctions in the waning weeks of the Biden administration, and as the island's government worries about possibly tougher treatment under President-elect Donald Trump.