CUBAN authorities have warned organisers of a banned march that they could face criminal charges if they go ahead with next month’s anti-government protests.

The Attorney General’s office told playwright Yunior Garcia, one of the leaders of the opposition movement, that the demonstrators could face charges including “crimes of ‘disobedience, illegal demonstrations, [and] instigation to commit a crime’.”

Permission for the demonstrations planned for November 20 was denied last month, with Cuban officials deeming them part of a US-backed plot to destabilise the country.

Those behind the demonstrations are linked to “subversive organisations or agencies financed by the US government [and] have the manifest intention of promoting a change of political system in Cuba,” it was claimed.

The march, proposed by the Archipelago movement, seeks to continue the July 11 demonstrations, which led to riots on the streets of the capital, Havana.

US opportunists used the protests to demand regime change in Cuba, ignoring the mass demonstrations in support of the government.

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez called for air strikes against Havana.