Morning Jolt: Have the Cuban People Reached Their Breaking Point?

On the menu today: The people of Cuba take to the streets in revolt; a New Yorker vandalizes the gallery that will sell Hunter Biden's paintings; and Richard Branson technically travels to space — with a bit of irritating talk about how he's doing it all to help protect the environment.

A Key Step on the Road to a Free Cuba?

The protests and clashes that exploded across Cuba yesterday probably do not yet mark the end of that country’s authoritarian, Communist regime. But that regime no longer has quite such an uncontested grip over the country — and an authoritarian regime's ability to hold onto power is often dependent upon a monopoly of force and the ability to deliver goods and services that people can't get anywhere else. Cubans always had to deal with rampant corruption, the U.S. embargo, and the fact that the country's most driven and independent citizens keep risking their lives by jumping into rafts and attempting to cross 90 miles of ocean full of sharks. Now throw in COVID-19 and the long lapse in the tourism industry, and the immiseration of the Cuban people has reached an intolerable ...

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WITH JIM GERAGHTY July 12 2021 WITH JIM GERAGHTY July 12 2021 Have the Cuban People Reached Their Breaking Point? On the menu today: The people of Cuba take to the streets in revolt; a New Yorker vandalizes the gallery that will sell Hunter Biden's paintings; and Richard Branson technically travels to space — with a bit of irritating talk about how he's doing it all to help protect the environment. A Key Step on the Road to a Free Cuba? The protests and clashes that exploded across Cuba yesterday probably do not yet mark the end of that country’s authoritarian, Communist regime. But that regime no longer has quite such an uncontested grip over the country — and an authoritarian regime's ability to hold onto power is often dependent upon a monopoly of force and the ability to deliver goods and services that people can't get anywhere else. Cubans always had to deal with rampant corruption, the U.S. embargo, and the fact that the country's most driven and independent citizens keep risking their lives by jumping into rafts and attempting to cross 90 miles of ocean full of sharks. Now throw in COVID-19 and the long lapse in the tourism industry, and the immiseration of the Cuban people has reached an intolerable ...   READ MORE

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