From WSJopinion: With the freest, strongest country in the world cowed by Havana mobsters, and media forever making excuses for the repression, the long-suffering Cubans still face an uphill climb, writes MaryAnastasiaOG
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When hundreds of peaceful protesters went to the streets of the Cuban town of Caimanera on May 6, the regime sent black-beret soldiers to beat and arrest them—and their family members. The scene was reminiscent of the July 11, 2021, islandwide uprising that ended in a merciless crackdown by the dictatorship.
But here’s the twist: Caimanera sits next to the U.S. military base at Guantanamo. Reuters hilariouslyit a “fishing village”—in a country where it’s illegal for most people to own a boat—but it’s more accurately described as Havana’s front line of national defense. There’s a heavy presence of Cuban armed forces in the area and the town has a good number of retired Cuban military.
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