The most extensive protests in decades against the Cuban government have occurred under the presidency of Miguel Diaz Canel.
By Rafael Rojas (Confidencial)
HAVANA TIMES – The leftist governments in Latin America with the greatest vocation for authoritarianism have sprung from the Cuban system, which was their guide and inspiration throughout the Cold War. They inherited a clear tendency towards opacity, illusion, and rigidity when dissent overwhelms the institutions and anger pours out onto the streets.
We saw this again in recent days in Cuba, where there were new replicas of past social explosions, leading hundreds of Cubans – in Santiago. Baymo, el Cobre and other cities of eastern and western Cuba – to peacefully march and shout in the island’s streets. They demand electricity, food, transportation, but also freedom, peace, “homeland and life,” and the removal of the incompetent authorities.
This replica of the social explosion of July 11 -12, 2021, becomes more evident when we observe the government’s reaction. The repression has appeared punctually and exacting, in
