For the communist Castro dictatorship, the Cuban people are nothing more than another weapon used to maintain its iron grip on power.
Julio Shiling explains in El American:
Castroism’s Immigration Weapon
Following the mass demonstrations in Havana in August 1994, known as the “Maleconazo,” the Castro regime tacitly allowed Cubans to leave the country. Here’s why
Cuban Communism has been methodical and repetitive in its survivorship strategies. It has been systematic to the point that it is predictable. The use of state terrorism was initiated immediately upon seizing power in 1959. However, this proved early on to not be enough. The Castro regime has also relied on a geographically and politically directed immigration policy to achieve social control. As record numbers of Cubans are reaching the U.S. southern border, Havana’s escape valve approach is obvious. Immigration is another of Castroism’s political durability weapons.
The 11th of July Cuban Popular Insurrection of 2021 (11J) blew Castro-Communism’s mind. Hannah Arendt keenly noted that the most seminal component of a totalitarian regime was its ability to cohesively organize society and political power. The magnitude of the 11J mass demonstrations convinced the Marxist dictatorship that their organizational skills were gravely deficient.
The Cuban political prison system has swelled up with 11J protesters. Hundreds of demonstrators have already been “tried” in sham trials and handed jail sentences of up to 30 years. The idea is to inflict a severe lesson and atomize the population by entrenching fear. Erika Guevara-Rosas of Amnesty International (AI) called it out well. The director at AI said, “Through a series of unfair and opaque proceedings and trials of protesters in recent weeks, Cuban authorities have continued to wage a campaign of criminalization with the sole aim of re-establishing the culture of fear that was ruptured last year when people took the streets to express themselves.”
The communist regime correctly noted that the country they have controlled for over six decades is today a hotbed of rebellion. The demands of the thousands that took to the streets on 11J called, not for material betterment, but for freedom and communism’s end. In other words, Castroism has a chronic problem of popular upheaval. Immediately, the exodus option was put in motion.
The psychology behind the Castro-Communist scheme is rudimentary. If Cubans find it plausible to leave the country in the hope of reaching the land of liberty, settling in the exile communities across numerous American states (FL, NJ, NY, IL, CA, NV, TX, and KY), the communist dictatorship is betting that challenges to its authority will subside. As portions of Cuban society plot their exit, the Castro regime safely concludes that people will be preoccupied with leaving and living free and prosperous abroad, as opposed to miserable, rebellious, and oppressed on the island.
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