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Saturday, January 19, 2019

'They Are Starving Us to Death': Cubans Protest Food Shortages

Cubans from the eastern city of Holguín defied state security forces to protest the widespread food shortages still plaguing the communist-controlled island in a video published Wednesday.

The video showed street vendors defying police who tried to confiscate their food, mainly by throwing their products on the ground so that locals could pick it up and eat it. Their protest was consequently backed up by a number of passers-by, who went out to help street vendors and demanded authorities not confiscate what they had for sale.

“Do not take anything, they’re killing us with hunger, this is the government of Díaz-Canel,” one could be heard saying, referring to the island’s president, Miguel Díaz-Canel. Díaz-Canel answers to the head of the Communist Party, Raúl Castro.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I have never understood why we have respected Cuba's post revolution sovereignty. We should have just taken it and turned it over to Disney. Sure the MOB was invested there in the 50's but now since they are opening up even the Rouse Company of Columbia and Inner Harbor fame are there speculating.

Anonymous said...

DON'T CARE. SCREW Cuba. They have ruined FL!!

Anonymous said...

yet idiots want socialism here.....you idiots better think long and hard and start changing how you vote. You will be finding this to come into this country. Like eating? you better start voting accordingly. stomp out socialism and progressism. This is where we are headed.