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Tomorrow Could Be Worse

Cubans are once again facing a “special period”, a crisis in everything, reviving the ghost of the dreaded blackouts of the 1990s.

I’m in one of the dirtiest, busiest, most central parts of Havana, where shared taxis depart for far-flung neighborhoods of the capital.

This year, we will see Trumpism align itself with Milei in Argentina and with Kast in Chile, while the pressure against Lula continues.

When power controls individuals like an unscrupulous machine, disobedience constitutes an act of humanity.

Many who have left the country, besides being physically broken, did so to spare their families further anguish and prevent retaliation.

The current decline in the arrival of tankers from the South American country directly threatens the survival of the Cuban system.

As the difference grows between the bellies of Cuban leaders & the situation of everyday Cubans, the government preaches creative resistance.

The PCC Central Committee met on July 4 & 5, and it was an opportunity for the leadership to face the magnitude of the crisis with frankness.

It’s time to heed the warnings of the past and take decisive action in the present. Let’s start by measuring what really matters.

While many applaud Cuban boxer Andy Cruz’s decision to come back to his homeland to visit family, others attacked him…