Posted on 04/16/2024 6:10:46 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
The future of Cuba and the trajectory of communism are under threat, with citizens fighting back against the regime.
Protesters are taking to the streets amid an ongoing economic crisis, making their concerns heard.
Cuba’s communist leadership is facing a fierce backlash that has not been seen since similar protests in July 2021.
Since the 2021 protests, it is estimated that nearly 500,000 Cubans have sought refuge in the United States.
In this Sky News Digital Originals, we explore whether Cuba’s communist leadership could be about to tumble.
“The Cuban regime knows the Cuban people are getting smarter and they're not afraid,” Associate Professor Amalia Daché from the University of Pennsylvania told Sky News Digital Originals.
(Excerpt) Read more at youtube.com ...
Communism looks good on paper but it quickly morphs into an iron state as bad as Ancient China or Egypt (without the cool pyramids). A few rich people call all the shots and a lot of poor people struggling to survive—if you step out of line—your dead.
They want to drive cars that are less than 70 years old for a change.
China’s commies are regular Methusalahs then.
No worries, communism is alive and well in the good ol’ USA.
American professors are sad.
They just didn’t do socialism right! Biden and the dems can do it better!
You've found the one exception
IMHO China has merely reverted to its 3000 year imperial dynasty system.
I know several Canadians that love going to Cuba’s cheap beach resorts.
Based on the videos I have seen on YouTube there seems to be a lot of areas of Havana that are literally falling apart. There was trash everywhere just piled up. Only the tourists areas are kept relatively clean.
It seems like a good place to get a nice bacterial infection like Montezuma’s Revenge. Which I had once in Mexico 27 years ago. I did not go back to Mexico until Cabo put in a desalinization plant. I have been to Cabo twice. No Turista Trots either time.
You forgot to include the Americans!
Marxist Dems will never allow that to happen.
Yes. Hopefully this is the end for communism in Cuba. If we can reestablish economic relations with Cuba, that would have a huge effect on economic growth in Florida, and across the nation really. And it would be so wonderful to watch the left in mourning.
Don’t forget the rum
...at least they have free healthcare!
There was a story a few years ago that hundreds of buildings in Havana were collapsing every year due to neglect. I've had the opinion ever since then that the trigger for the overthrow of the communist regime might be an apartment collapse that kills dozens of people. Leading to angry grieving protestors filling the streets, a fearful government overreacting and ordering troops to take action against the protestors, and then the troops refusing to follow orders because it's their friends and families that are among the victims of such collapses.
The big problem is that there is no real alternative leadership in Cuba today - it really would be a vacuum for an ambitious leader, and that tends to end poorly. I don't see any institutions capable of offering an alternative vision to the communist propaganda that has filled people's heads there the last 70 years. Maybe if the ex-pat community in Miami really took the bull by the horns they could help lead Cuba to a better government. Let's hope so, because sooner or later the current government is simply going to collapse. There's not much propping it up at this point.
Yeah I’m sure there are some other things that Cuba makes that are exportable but I’m just not aware. I assume I’ve consumed some Cuban sugar in my life but of cigars, rum and resorts no.
We call it; Tuesday.
Priced right, at that.
As others have said, it will drop the line about being for the people and just carry on as a straight up iron fist run by the elites.
North Korea, without the snow.
Anything Cuba does, The Dominican Republic can do better.
They supposedly eradicated STDs, so if you contract one at a Cuban brothel, you won’t be treated. That sounds like a plan./s
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