The protests in Cuba, explained

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Cuba is seeing its largest protests in 30 years, and the government has shut down the internet to prevent the spread of information. Here's why thousands are taking to the streets... #SOSCuba #Cuba #CubaProtests

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00:00Look, look, look, look, look.

00:02Go, go.

00:04Black people.

00:06Black people.

00:14The situation is bad.

00:16Don't ask me why, because I'm an idiot.

00:18They beat up innocent children and everything.

00:20They mistreated them.

00:30Please spread all the videos you see, because it's a reality.

00:40It's a reality.

00:42People are starving.

00:44People are dying of COVID.

00:46And the government doesn't want to.

00:48It doesn't want to receive help.

01:01Since 2019, the population has been facing shortages of food, of medicine, of fuel.

01:07And this has only been exacerbated by the impact of COVID-19.

01:11Black people.

01:13Black people.

01:15Black people.

01:17Black people.

01:19Black people.

01:21Black people.

01:23Black people.

01:25Black people.

01:27Black people.

01:29I went out.

01:31Because I'm bored.

01:33I'm starving.

01:35I'm working.

01:37I don't have water.

01:39Here, this is the biggest thing in life.

01:41The shutters.

01:43These shutters.

01:45These shutters make me sick.

01:47I'm short of air.

02:01We need to support the Cubans on the island.

02:03They need it.

02:05Right now, they don't have internet.

02:07Well, a lot of things.

02:09And they try to silence it with that.

02:11By turning off the light.

02:13Turning off the internet.

02:15Imprisoning people.

02:17Shooting.

02:19But nothing will stop the change.

02:37To guarantee human rights, the Cuban government

02:39has been calling for confrontation

02:41and has been opting for repressing those voices.

03:07The government is not helping them.

03:09The hospitals are full.

03:11And the police is just hitting people

03:13and putting fines on people

03:15just to go out.

03:17So that's why we're here,

03:19supporting our people.

03:37There is a tight web of control

03:39over the exercise of freedom of expression.

03:41Being able to take over the streets

03:43and protest like maybe we can see

03:45in other countries.

03:47Unfortunately, it's not as easy

03:49due to several legal measures

03:51that the government

03:53and the authorities have put in place

03:55for decades.

03:57So to see people taking up the streets

03:59in these circumstances

04:01is quite telling of the situation

04:03that the country is in.

04:05This is quite telling of the situation

04:07that the country is going through.

04:31The impact that COVID-19

04:33has had in all countries of Latin America

04:35and the Caribbean can't be denied.

04:37But at the same time,

04:39it is important to mention

04:41that even though

04:43the embargo definitely hinders

04:45or limits the possibility of assistance,

04:47as United Nations

04:49experts have said before,

04:51that cannot be used

04:53to minimize the role

04:55that the Cuban authorities have opted

04:57to take in

04:59facing or

05:01answering in their own

05:03particular way to the demands

05:05of people in Cuba.

05:31Everyone with their eyes on Cuba.

05:33SOS Cuba.

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