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Cuba’s Failed Communism Led to Protests
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Thousands of Cubans protested against Cuba’s communist regime in the largest demonstrations to erupt on the island country since its founding revolution 60 years ago.
Despite Fidel Castro’s promise of a communist paradise at the start of his reign in the 1960s, Cubans today are hungry from food shortages, suffering from a lack of medicines, and angry at their central government for its mismanagement.
As countless communist experiments revealed in the 20th century, dictators drop their ideals in the face of power and luxury, leaving their people hungry, poor, and protesting. When these founding dictators die, the citizens of their countries remain to pick up the pieces of reckless communist experiments.
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Las palabras de Sara
“Me fui para la calle porque estoy aburrida de pasar hambre, de pasar trabajo”, quien se sumó a las manifestaciones golpeando una olla.
“No tengo agua, no tengo nada. Los apagones, estos apagones me ponen malísima, me falta el aire y busco ventilador para ponerme y no encuentro porque no hay luz , detalló.
La anciana continuó narrando las precariedades que se viven en la isla: Quitan la luz y no tienen para cuando ponerla y uno se aburre, se cansa”.
Otro aspecto que cuestiona Sara es el siempre alabado sistema de salud cubano: “Tengo cataratas y no veo por un ojo. Casi estoy a quedarme ciega del otro ojo también .
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