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Posted on 09/30/2022 12:07:06 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The protests this week are being exacerbated by the government’s total incompetence in handling the arrival of Hurricane Ian, which at one point on Tuesday resulted in an island-wide failure of the national power grid. At press time, communist authorities claim that only 12 percent of the power grid is operational, making electricity accessible only in the wealthiest parts of the country – controlled by Communist Party elites – and in luxury tourist destinations. The regime-controlled Gaviota tourism agency boasted on Twitter on Thursday that its luxury hotels remain fully functional.
In areas where Cuban citizens live, many are protesting that they have endured rolling blackouts for months – which have triggered consistent outbursts of protesting nationwide for the past year. Cubans have consistently opposed communism for decades – prompting their regime to engage in mass killings via firing squad, build labor camps, and commit other atrocities...
Protests appeared to begin in Havana on Thursday afternoon. The independent outlet Cubanet shared a video taken by locals of large groups of people taking the streets in Havana chanting “we want light!” and marching. Most of the protesters appeared to be women.
The protests continued into the night. Cubans with access to mobile phones shared videos that appeared to show Cuban state security forces preparing to attack protesters.
Miami-based journalist Mario Pentón reported that sources on the ground indicated that protests had also materialized beyond Havana to Matanzas province.
The furthest east known protests occurred in Holguín, about 420 miles from Havana. Holguín was too far west to be significantly affected by Hurricane Ian, but is in near-total blackout, anyway, prompting a city-wide protest on Thursday night in which residents banged pots and pans demanding a competent government. Protests began after more than 24 hours in the dark.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Democrats taking notes.
I was going to say..like a true Democrat..I mean dictator.
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The “California model” for all of us!
Except the elites and party member areas as noted in the article.
Maybe they can thwart that with Bluetooth mesh networks. I don’t think a government can turn those off so easily.
Is that where Mz. Malarkey ended up?
Leftists pretend to hate police, but they LOVE them some police state.
Bkmk
Hams in Cuba communicate in the 7 MHz range (when the Russians aren’t jamming them).
I worked with a guy from Cuba, he said when he was a kid that the houses were hurricane proof and they would go outside and have hang onto the tree competitions
Just ban those that say bad things and promote those that support the communist gov’t. Like FB/Twitter and democrats do.
Best health care in the world. Michael Moore never lies...
more solar panels and wind mills...
think of how much electricity you could have made from the storm???
Read the whole article and look at the pictures. Some things stand out. The regime is moving quickly to curb and then stamp out the protests. They recognize this situation could become a general uncontrolled mass action against the govermnet. Shutting down the net means they take this situation seriously. They have plenty of troops and militarized police to stop the protests from growing. Protests seem to effect half the island and are well focused, which is bad news for the government as the generalized discontent with the poor performance of everything in Cuba has a lightning rod to focus on. The regime will probably win as they have a definite will to power attitude and don’t care how many Cubanos they have to kill to stay on top.
I’ll bet you have to be a good party member or at least NEVER have criticized the system.
Most likely ALL radio frequencies are monitored by government agents.
The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe allowed ham radio as a sport and training activity with strict guidelines for on air contact.
Yes my Father-in-law got QSL-cards from Czechoslovakia back in the early 60s.
If the wind is too strong the windmills are destroyed.
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