Cuba Doesn’t Know How to Handle the New Protests
The island hasn’t seen anything like this for decades.
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For seasoned Cuba watchers, it has been a remarkable couple of days. For the first time since the mid-1990s, mass protests have rocked the communist-run island. Now, like then, the main sources of discontent are food shortages, government repression, and a stagnant economy.

Entre ellas, la del candidato presidencial y exalcalde de Bogotá, Enrique Peñalosa, quién señaló en un video publicado en su perfil oficial que la urgente reunión se consideraría como “El Pacto de los caretudos”.

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