by Tyler Durden
Sunday, Jul 11, 2021 - 06:31 PM
Tens of thousands of Cubans took to the streets Sunday in rare protests against the communist government. The island nation faces mounting socio-economic issues, food inflation, and other problems exacerbated by the virus pandemic.
Protestors chanted down with the dictatorship, freedom, and homeland and life across multiple Cuban cities. Here are the scenes on the ground.
#CubaLibre#Cuba No hay mal que dure 100 años y pueblo que lo resista . pic.twitter.com/J09IcocsFa alba marina messa (@albamarinamessa) July 11, 2021
Protest in Cuba against communism. The Cuban people are fed up with communism, the Cuban people are fed up with the dictatorship, they are fed up with the so-called revolution and they take to the streets. pic.twitter.com/sRxTRBzPZ8
Torture, forced disappearance, displacement, chemical attacks, butchery, loss of lives and limbs, death of family and friends, mass murder: the Syrian people have been through it all in the last 10 years.
It all started with protests on March 15, 2011 triggered by a graffiti on a school wall in the southern province of Deraa, which read: It s your turn now, doctor! It was written by some students who were clearly not happy with the state of affairs under the leadership of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The doctor in the graffiti referred to the president, who had served as a doctor in the Syrian Army. His specialisation was ophthalmology.