CubaBrief: Castro dictatorship's repressive apparatus and true nature exposed again on #15N. What next? cubacenter.org/archives/2021/… 1/ 
No one should have been surprised by the Cuban dictatorship's "successful" crackdown on the announced civic marches called for on November 15, 2021. cubacenter.org/archives/2021/… 2/
Reason that the July 11th nationwide demonstrations took place was that they were spontaneous, caught the secret police, & many activists, by surprise, & officials did not shut down the internet before Cubans across the island saw what was taking place. cubacenter.org/archives/2021/… 3/
The Washington Post editorial board is spot on in their November 15th editorial: cubacenter.org/archives/2021/… 4/
"The Cuban freedom movement did not succeed in staging the massive 'Civic March for Change' it had planned for Monday. " cubacenter.org/archives/2021/… 5/
Having been put on notice several weeks ago that opposition leaders wanted to take to the streets, the Havana regime of President Miguel Díaz-Canel prepared and carried out an impressively sophisticated repressive strategy." ... cubacenter.org/archives/2021/… 6/
"Though the Cuban regime may portray the suffocation of the planned march as evidence of its strength and the freedom movement’s weakness, the opposite is true." cubacenter.org/archives/2021/… 7/
"No, its opponents were not able to carry out a more organized reprise of the sudden uprising in the streets that shook Cuba on July 11." cubacenter.org/archives/2021/… 8/
"Yet the vast, expensive mobilization the government required to prevent it showed, albeit backhandedly, that the sentiments aroused and expressed four months ago are too powerful and widespread to be contained otherwise." cubacenter.org/archives/2021/… 9/
"That is a disastrous failure for a government whose legitimacy rests on its claim to speak not only for the Cuban people but also for downtrodden masses everywhere." cubacenter.org/archives/2021/… 10/
The image that captures the essence of the Cuban dictatorship was the video of officials using a Cuban flag to cover up Yunior Garcia Aguilera's peaceful protest holding a white rose, and displaying a sign that read "my house is blockaded." cubacenter.org/archives/2021/… 11/
Secret police would not let him leave his home, and covered up this small gesture of defiance with the flag. cubacenter.org/archives/2021/… 12/
Edward Pentin in his article published in the @NCRegister on Nov 15 reported on expatriates protesting abroad, repression in Cuba, & on the “Appeal to World Civic, Religious & Political Leaders to Help Peaceful Cuban Dissidents & Oppose Cuban Govt Violence Targeting Them,”... 13/
... in which "signatories stressed that not since 1989 has the @ICRC been able to inspect Cuba’s prisons (this is compared with around 100 visits the ICRC made to the nearby U.S.-run Guantanamo Bay prison from 2002 to 2014)." cubacenter.org/archives/2021/… 14/
The statement contained concrete steps to be taken by the international community including establishing an “arms embargo” on Cuba, and “suspend economic and military cooperation agreements with the Cuban dictatorship.” cubacenter.org/archives/2021/… 15/
The objective was to stop normalizing the Castro regime, and it's terrible record.” cubacenter.org/archives/2021/… 16/
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