It’s certainly a test for this new Cuban leader, if he’s weak, things can change very quickly.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-57799852
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/11/world/americas/cuba-crisis-protests.html
Bad timing, should have done this during Trump’s term.Biden is a feckless senile jackass.
My wife’s cousin in Mexico has a friend in Cuba who got a message out via cell link: the Internet is down all across the island and storm troopers armed with clubs are walking all the major streets to intimidate the protesters.
I trust our cousin and if she vouches for the authenticity that is good enough for me.
The secret police are going in plain clothes to houses and arresting protesters there. Fidel died just a few days after Trump won. One wonders why it took 4+ years for the people to act.
See Iran, China, Hong Kong and Venezuela.
If the people have no means of defense, the government can shut down the media and squish them.
Still no word from Putin the Puke....
Trade one island nation for another, Cuba for Taiwan.
Maybe the troops are sharpening the edges of their entrenching shovels as (I believe) Andropov did when there was trouble in the Eastern Bloc.
Entrenching shovels are a nasty weapon in the hands of a Dictator’s minions.
His ears are plugged however when it comes to the USA.
The regular police do not carry guns and probably do not know how to use them. The government does not trust them around guns.
President Retard has his own political prisoners being held without due process.
Ask the Romanians the key to a successful uprising. Raul Castro’s blood is still on the wrong side of his body.