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EX500rider

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12. OK, let me reword that, Cuba is a Police State according to everybody but you and the DGI

Reply to Marcus IM (Reply #10)

Tue Mar 19, 2024, 04:45 PM

Mar 2024

US State Dept:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/cuba/#:~:text=Cuba%20is%20an%20authoritarian%20state,of%20the%20role%20for%20president.

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In Cuba, hundreds take to the streets in rare protests as economic crisis deepens [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 OP

Choke them onto submission. Marcus IM Mar 2024 #1

I'm sure we'll be seeing riot squads in combat gear cracking heads. Marcus IM Mar 2024 #2

Right, cause it such a free Police State! lol EX500rider Mar 2024 #5

Here, I made a thread for you to do some reporting from on the ground ... Marcus IM Mar 2024 #6

You mean these guys? EX500rider Mar 2024 #7

Ooooh. Scary. The beatings, The gassing. The kettllng and mass arrests. Buss transporting hundreds to jail for booking. Marcus IM Mar 2024 #8

Well admit it or not, Cuba is a Police State according to HWR EX500rider Mar 2024 #9

Elizardo Sanchez is on Cubanet's payroll. Cubanet is an exile run anti-Cuba propaganda program funded by the IRI. Marcus IM Mar 2024 #10

OK, let me reword that, Cuba is a Police State according to everybody but you and the DGI EX500rider Mar 2024 #12

LOL. Head in sand. Blinders on! Marcus IM Mar 2024 #14

Yes nice window dressing EX500rider Mar 2024 #15

In control? Marcus IM Mar 2024 #16

We can believe you or Human Rights Watch & the US State Department EX500rider Mar 2024 #19

Ahistorical again, I see. Marcus IM Mar 2024 #21

Again window dressing EX500rider Mar 2024 #24

I was just about to post something about how great if the US offered help.... 70sEraVet Mar 2024 #3

Please show us the times Cuba rejected assistance without conditions. Thanks. Marcus IM Mar 2024 #11

These are the two paragraphs in the article concerning Cuba rejecting .... 70sEraVet Mar 2024 #17

Oh yeah. Thanks. I remember that. Relief aid should not be connected to political anti-government advocacy. Marcus IM Mar 2024 #18

Marcus IM! I found something that makes me MORE proud of Joe Biden! 70sEraVet Mar 2024 #20

Yes. Now if he would start reversing back to the Obama admin's position ... Marcus IM Mar 2024 #22

Been 65 years since the revolution pfitz59 Mar 2024 #4

That is the goal of the US gov't banning US tourism travel to Cuba. All Caribbean island depend on US tourism. Marcus IM Mar 2024 #13

The sabotage is unbearable malaise Mar 2024 #23

Meanwhile, NRA dark money pours in, and the stacks of bodies rise up to the heavens. Marcus IM Mar 2024 #25

Same crap here malaise Mar 2024 #27

There is a place where the transshipments originate. I'll let you guess ... Marcus IM Mar 2024 #29

It's an interesting developement worth watching. I hadn't thought the crisis was this bad. Torchlight Mar 2024 #26

The US travel ban on Americans is the primary damage to their tourism based economy. Marcus IM Mar 2024 #30

Sounds serious! Good luck! Torchlight Mar 2024 #31

So serious. Good luck as well. jimfields33 Mar 2024 #33

Link to the protests. Must be included. jimfields33 Mar 2024 #34

Allies enid602 Mar 2024 #28

Most US allies are signatories of the UDHR and the ERA. Cuba has ratified both into their constitution. Marcus IM Mar 2024 #32