Cubans Challenge the Oldest (Almost) Dictatorship on the Planet · Global Voices

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What happened in Morón on Friday night is already part of the struggle for the freedom of the Cuban people. Hundreds of people took to the streets to protest the...

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Cuba lived one of its most tense nights in the last five years. Dozens of inhabitants of Morón, in the province of Ciego de Ávila, took to the streets on Friday night 13 March to demand freedom and the end of the dictatorship. Protesters marched on foot and on motorcycles, beating casseroles and shouting slogans against the regime. Many wore their faces covered to avoid reprisals. According to Cuban journalist Camila Acosta for the ABC newspaper…