Those protesters in Cuba are incredibly brave

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Carry on....

[Budi]

1. K & R Anytime citizens stand bravely against a regime such as Cuba,

..saying 'enough is enough', then oppressed citizens everywhere in the world should applaud their bravery.

#SupportCubanProtests

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. I'm not reflexively anti-communist

But individuals have an inalienable right to have a say in how they're governed.

[Budi]

4. K & R to that.

[secondwind]

7. My husband and I spent a few days in Havana and also in the countryside.

We went there with a small group of folks bringing in medical supplies, etc., at the time it was the only way Cuba accepted foreigners to visit.

These people are suffering.. Only one child per family, no hope of ever getting off the island, etc. It was very depressing. When we left, my husband left his entire suitcase behind, our bus driver had two teenage sons who didn't have much to wear, etc.

Cuba is BEAUTIFUL, but you would not want to live there. There are spies everywhere.. We were followed all the time.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. There has to be a happy medium between Castro and the Mob.

[secondwind]

9. My guess is that the Cuban people want the same governing that their relatives in Miami enjoy....

The Cuban people are actually very very polite, etc.... things must be really bad for them to take to the streets like this...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. I lived in Miami.

In college I was the only non-Cuban in a Cuban study group. Cubans have a reputation as right wingers, not the ones I know. Batista was bad, your average Cuban wanted him gone and thought Fidel Castro was well intentioned. But his intentions turned out not to be good.

[Budi]

3. From CNN wednesday- updated /" One reported dead in anti-government protests in Cuba"

Havana, Cuba and Madrid, Spain

(CNN)Anti-government activists in Cuba say that more than 100 people have been arrested or are missing on the island following widespread protests on Sunday.

One person died during clashes with police on Monday, Cuba's Ministry of Interior said Tuesday, according to state-run Radio Rebelde.

The Movimiento San Isidro, which advocates for greater artistic expression in Cuba, published a list of activists that it said were believed to have been detained by authorities.

Among the detainees is journalist Camila Acosta, according to Spain's Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares, who called for her release.

The Interior Ministry said the man who died and other protesters had attacked officials.

On Sunday, CNN journalists witnessed multiple people being forcibly arrested and thrown in the back of vans at protests in Havana.
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[twin_ghost]

5. They are just protesting to bring back the Mafia Controlled Casinos

Their lives will be no better if the capitalists take over Cuba again. In fact their rents will rise and some of them will become homeless.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. Batista like Trump was an autocrat who sucked.

His failings paved the way for Castro. That being said the lion's share of Cubans were born long after the Revolution. They are the ones protesting.

[Sneederbunk]

12. Agreed. Doubt if most protesters have a memory of mafia casinos.

Or anything pre-Castro for that matter.

[ripcord]

13. You do know they can ditch communism and still have a liberal government

[twin_ghost]

14. That is a pipe dream

The former owners of Cuba land will take back the property and evict the Cubans from their homes. The corporations will take over the commercial property and the Cubans can starve for all they care. Don't kid yourself that the capitalists care about the Cuban people.

[Raine]

10. They certainly are! 👍 nt