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Cuban artists, actors and musicians have been propelled by protesters who appear to have overcome their fear of taking to the streets | ✍️ @STHGibbs

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Happy workers in sugar fields. The dashing Che Guevara. Bearded heroes clutching AK-47s. And, of course, Fidel Castro. Love it or hate it, the Cuban revolution has been one of the most successfully-marketed political projects of the 20th century.
But the most important audience for the revolutionary mythology was the domestic one: inside the island.

The largest protests for six decades which rocked the country in July, are seen by opponents as evidence that most people want change.
Latin American Correspondent for The Times @STHGibbs explores what is really going on in Cuba.

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