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The smell of freedom in Cuba
American Thinker ^ | 14 Mar, 2026 | Monica Showalter

Posted on 03/15/2026 7:19:14 AM PDT by MtnClimber

They're spraying 'Viva Trump' in public places in Havana.

Historians will tell you that rising expectations create conditions for revolutions.

Which brings us to Cuba, where the locals are rioting to demand the end of 65 years of stone-cold communism.

According to Fox News:

Protesters attacked a Communist Party headquarters in Cuba overnight, ransacking the building and attempting to set it on fire, while video from the scene appeared to capture gunfire and a man on the ground outside, according to footage obtained by Fox News Digital.

Cuban state media later denied that anyone had been struck by police gunfire and announced five arrests.

After all, blackouts are all over the place -- here's the Malecon, in the heart of the capital of Havana. [video at source link]

I would like to see the satellite images of the hinterlands, and any city smaller than Havana on the island -- it's pretty obvious how dark they'd look. In 1789 France, they rioted for bread. In 2026 Cuba, they riot for light.

And like the revolutionary French taking the Bastille, the angry Cuban locals have taken matters into their own hands.

They set fire to the Communist Party of Cuba headquarters:

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: communism; cuba; cubalibre
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To: Wilderness Conservative

People are creative when it comes to ways of blaming Jews a way will be found. It’s been that way for 2000 years.


21 posted on 03/15/2026 10:15:25 AM PDT by Reily
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To: MtnClimber

Its getting to the point where we may not have to do anything and the Cubans will throw the Castros and their Communist mafia thugs out of office on their own. That would be nice.


22 posted on 03/15/2026 10:44:05 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Wuli

“I do not understand why Cuban Americans have not formed volunteer freedom brigades, ready when asked to retake their motherland.”

One of their members went rogue a couple of weeks ago and got shot up by the Cuban coast guard.


23 posted on 03/15/2026 10:45:36 AM PDT by TexasGator (111'1/11.1II11.X11111.1~I11:/)
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To: MtnClimber

The Castro regime cannot survive much longer. The people are virtually starving and have no electricity. The slogans and propaganda about the glories of communism are pretty hollow when the country has been reduced to a 17th peasant society. The communist elites however have electricity and live in relative luxury in comparison and that will not go unnoticed. I expect more riots against the communist masters. I always thought it telling when the Russian jeep hauling Fidel’s ashes to the cemetery broke down on the way.


24 posted on 03/15/2026 11:03:27 AM PDT by The Great RJ
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To: MtnClimber
 
 
They rush to the sites to see who or what got hit, take pics and vids with their cellphones. I don't think that's such a great idea - no telling what might be in those buildings. Might oughta let the fire department with their PPP gear take the lead on that.
 
 

25 posted on 03/15/2026 12:01:44 PM PDT by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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26 posted on 03/15/2026 12:18:43 PM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est)
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To: MtnClimber

The image above was not validated, so it may very well be AI, but...I liked it!


27 posted on 03/15/2026 12:20:27 PM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est)
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To: PeterPrinciple
"...Uprooting entrenched oppressive regimes, as is being learned in Iran, is not simple..."

Or, put another way: It is far easier to prevent a descent into socialism and tyranny than it is to get free from it once you are under its thumb.

28 posted on 03/15/2026 12:23:03 PM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est)
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To: MtnClimber
Too bad we don't smell freeeom here in the US. I smell civil war since Clinton/Soros/Omar/Milley/Brennan/etc STILL NOT ARRESTED!!

Venezuela/Mexico/Iran get DECAPITATION STRIKES but we MAGA VOTERS GET BETRAYED!!

29 posted on 03/15/2026 1:50:50 PM PDT by SENTINEL (Kneel down to God. Stand up to tyrants. STICK TO YOUR GUNS !)
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To: MtnClimber

Be strong Cubans, the Trump-Freedom express is on the way.


30 posted on 03/15/2026 2:27:57 PM PDT by Midwesterner53
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