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Cuba Shuts Down Internet, Deploys Regime Thugs to Silence Growing Hurricane Protests
Breitbart ^

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.

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TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: cuba; hurricaneian
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To: hoosierham

I’m convinced the CIA has me on a list because I sent a Reception report to Radio Havana Cuba back in the day and got back a QSL card from them.


21 posted on 09/30/2022 12:57:34 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: nascarnation

I once had a letter I sent read on Radio Nederland.

My brush with fame, LOL!


22 posted on 09/30/2022 12:58:45 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: hoosierham

OK, dint think i needed the /s tag...


23 posted on 09/30/2022 1:08:52 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: algore

My high school Spanish teacher had been a lawyer in Cuba. He read in the paper one morning that he had been arrested and thought that, maybe, it was time to leave.


24 posted on 09/30/2022 2:08:48 PM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: BenLurkin

Coming soon to a country near you.

This is why we can’t allow ourselves to be disarmed.


25 posted on 09/30/2022 2:41:16 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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To: Leep

Same difference.


26 posted on 09/30/2022 2:41:34 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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To: Larry Lucido

And they are destroying our great military so that they can re-make it. Then they will love it.


27 posted on 09/30/2022 3:41:45 PM PDT by Karoo
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