Uprising in Cuba: The world forsakes Cuba’s protest movement

Thomas Villalobos at The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property:

The Forsaken Movement: Cuban Tyranny and the Persecution of the July Protestors

The July 2021 protests that shook Cuba and made the world look seriously at Cuban governmental oppression seem to have faded into distant memory. Unsurprisingly, the Cuban Communist dictatorship cannot forget this defiance. Six months later, protesters are going on trial for the “crime” of crying out against injustice.

The story of these prisoners is tragic, and the silence of the West is even more scandalous.

Miguel Díaz-Canel Imitates Castro who he Replaced

The background behind the July 2021 protests revolves around Miguel Díaz-Canel, the new communist dictator who replaced Raul Castro. Despite cosmetic changes meant to impress outsiders, his regime has proven every bit as brutal as the Castro brothers.

An example of his totalitarianism is Decree-Law 370, which bans Cubans from storing information on foreign servers, thus restricting Cuba’s illegal independent virtual press. Another example is Decree-Law 389, which allows for warrantless electronic surveillance of the population.

Under Pres. Díaz-Canel, the state of the nation has only worsened. Food and medicine shortages have ravaged the country during the COVID crisis and brought down the economy. The 2021 protests represented a population that had endured enough. Protests broke out all over the island, with participants using cellphone communication and social media to organize their efforts. Ironically, the Cuban government recently allowed access to the Internet on cellular devices in 2018. Cubans used this opportunity to protest the dictatorship. The avenue proved effective as discontent exploded in July.

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