a lack of medicines. despite the calls from washington and other places that these protests go on. the cuban government decided they won t. patrick, thank you so much for your continued reporting. really appreciate it. joining me for more on the situation is ricardo, executive director of the cuba staudy group. what do you see in this moment? do you see this as an inflection point for cuba? certainly it s an unprecedented moment. right? we ve never seen protests at this scale and magnitude of people calling for the right for self-determination of expressing a their very strong grievances with the poor way their government has mismanaged their economy. lockdowns as of late, and many, many other aspects of cuban