Impoverished Havana neighborhood reeling from protest convictions

[Disir]

When Wilbert Aguilar had to tell his wife that their son was sentenced to 23 years in prison for taking part in anti-government protests in Cuba, the 49-year-old day laborer's life fell apart.


"I had to wash, scrub, cook, because my wife lost her mind," he told AFP.
After that, he had to look after his daughter-in-law and his two granddaughters.
Aguilar's 22-year-old son Wagniel was one of more than 160 people from La Guinera, a poor Havana neighbrohood, to have been jailed for taking part in the unprecedented protests that broke out all over Cuba in July 2021.

Impoverished Havana neighborhood reeling from protest convictions

When Wilbert Aguilar had to tell his wife that their son was sentenced to 23 years in prison for taking part in anti-government protests in Cuba, the 49-year-old day laborer's life fell apart.

www.france24.com

Twenty-three years is pretty steep. I wonder if the US will be involving themselves again.

 

[JGalt]

But Democrats tell me that Cuba is a happy little island where friendly brown people celebrate each day by rolling cigars and tooling around town in their vintage cars. They have the most wonderful healthcare system in the world, everything is free, and the people sing their happy songs and dance the dance of their people.

Democrats would never lie, would they?

 

[Disir]

But Democrats tell me that Cuba is a happy little island where friendly brown people celebrate each day by rolling cigars and tooling around town in their vintage cars. They have the most wonderful healthcare system in the world, everything is free, and the people sing their happy songs and dance the dance of their people.

Democrats would never lie, would they?

You tell me. Would Democrats lie? Would they push neo-liberalism? If they think they are sprinkling or spreading "Democracy" in the flavor of Pepsi they need to 'help' those poor, poor people.

 

[JGalt]

You tell me. Would Democrats lie? Would they push neo-liberalism? If they think they are sprinkling or spreading "Democracy" in the flavor of Pepsi they need to 'help' those poor, poor people.

The only way to help Cuba's people is free military-style assault weapons.

 

[Disir]

The only way to help Cuba's people is free military-style assault weapons.

It would probably be better if the US stopped going over and trying to overthrow the government.

 

[Disir]

NED funding in 2021

Cuba 2021 - NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY

National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) Strengthening Independent Civil Society Organizations’ Capacity $500,000 To enhance the ability of Cuban independent civil society (ICSOs)…

www.ned.org

 

[JGalt]

It would probably be better if the US stopped going over and trying to overthrow the government.

Monroe Doctrine.

 

[Disir]

Monroe Doctrine.

Yabut, that doesn't make it right.

 

[JGalt]

Yabut, that doesn't make it right.

So you don't think Cuba would have been better off without Fidel Castro and Che Guevara? As well as the Marxist influence they spread through South and Central America?

 

[Votto]

When Wilbert Aguilar had to tell his wife that their son was sentenced to 23 years in prison for taking part in anti-government protests in Cuba, the 49-year-old day laborer's life fell apart.


"I had to wash, scrub, cook, because my wife lost her mind," he told AFP.
After that, he had to look after his daughter-in-law and his two granddaughters.
Aguilar's 22-year-old son Wagniel was one of more than 160 people from La Guinera, a poor Havana neighbrohood, to have been jailed for taking part in the unprecedented protests that broke out all over Cuba in July 2021.

Impoverished Havana neighborhood reeling from protest convictions

When Wilbert Aguilar had to tell his wife that their son was sentenced to 23 years in prison for taking part in anti-government protests in Cuba, the 49-year-old day laborer's life fell apart.

www.france24.com

Twenty-three years is pretty steep. I wonder if the US will be involving themselves again.

You must squash all insurrections

This is what Leftists demand, especially the Vikings.

 

[Disir]

So you don't think Cuba would have been better off without Fidel Castro and Che Guevara? As well as the Marxist influence they spread through South and Central America?

Nope. Life sucked under Battista the Butcher. On top of that, had the US not intervened Cuba would have ditched Communism earlier. In fact, every time the US tried to eradicate Communism the countries with it seemed to cling even tighter to the crap.

 

[Disir]

You must squash all insurrections

This is what Leftists demand, especially the Vikings.

 

[Dekster]

But Democrats tell me that Cuba is a happy little island where friendly brown people celebrate each day by rolling cigars and tooling around town in their vintage cars. They have the most wonderful healthcare system in the world, everything is free, and the people sing their happy songs and dance the dance of their people.

Democrats would never lie, would they?

A friend of mine flew in there a few times. He said it wasn't hard to find the runway. It was the only thing in sight paved LOL.

 

[JGalt]

Nope. Life sucked under Battista the Butcher. On top of that, had the US not intervened Cuba would have ditched Communism earlier. In fact, every time the US tried to eradicate Communism the countries with it seemed to cling even tighter to the crap.

It's all in the numbers. It has been estimated that perhaps as many as 20,000 civilians were killed under Batista..

Fulgencio Batista - Wikipedia

But it's estimated as many as 141,000 people were murdered by the Castro regime. And that was just through 1987. Since then, of course, thousands more have been killed.

The Fidel Castro Myth Debunked: The Death Of A Tyrant, Not A Hero.

 

[Disir]

It's all in the numbers. It has been estimated that perhaps as many as 20,000 civilians were killed under Batista..

Fulgencio Batista - Wikipedia

But it's estimated as many as 141,000 people were murdered by the Castro regime. And that was just through 1987. Since then, of course, thousands more have been killed.

The Fidel Castro Myth Debunked: The Death Of A Tyrant, Not A Hero.

No, that's not cleared up. Rummel is a libertarian and that's fine but we can't just "estimate" and then call it fact in order to support why we think libertarians are better. Fulgencio Batista was just randomly killing people in the street. The people lived in poverty and the mob made a lot of money off the casinos. Castro spent two years trying to take the island. He admitted that he made a lot of mistakes and that the Soviet Union simply wanted them for another sugar plantation. Had the US not repeatedly tried to kill Castro or overthrow the government then it might all be a distant memory by now.