Biden Will Not Help the Cuban People
Washington cannot admit the source of the Cuban people’s disaffection because it would disappoint too many woke Americans and undermine the “progressive” politics they are required to support.
By Paul du Quenoy
July 12, 2021
Once again, the feckless U.S. foreign policy establishment has failed to detect a moment of potentially world changing significance. As its hapless practitioners beat themselves up like bulimic teenagers over having to withdraw from Afghanistan after nearly 20 years of accomplishing rather little, they completely missed any hint of the massive demonstrations that began sweeping Cuba, just 90 miles from our shores, on July 11.
Demanding “liberty” and telling their government “We are not afraid,” angry protestors in at least 32 Cuban cities and many smaller municipalities have marched to demand an end to the island nation’s six-decade old communist regime. In some places, they have seized Communist Party offices and attacked security personnel and vehicles. Many are carrying the American flag, even as our own protesters, Olympic athletes, and Democratic members of Congress show contempt for it.
These are the largest demonstrations in Cuba in at least 30 years, and perhaps the biggest since Fidel Castro came to power in 1959. The government has responded in force. Early reports suggest that it is blocking communications and arresting, beating, and even killing protestors.
Sympathizers around the world are cheering them on, sharing videos of the protests, and urging them to go all the way to reclaim their freedom.
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