meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
History of Everything

Bonus: How Cuba is Collapsing: Biggest Protests in DECADES

History of Everything

History of Everything

Education, History, Society & Culture

4.8691 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The government of Cuba continues to repress and punish virtually all forms of dissent and public criticism, as Cubans endure a dire economic crisis affecting their rights. Hundreds of critics and protesters, including many who took to the streets in July 2021, remain arbitrarily detained. Demonstrations continued in 2023, triggered by blackouts, shortages, and the deterioration of living conditions. Cubans continue to leave the country in unprecedented numbers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.

0:04.6

Picture a hash brown.

0:07.4

Yep.

0:08.5

There it is.

0:10.2

Right there.

0:11.6

Would you look at that?

0:13.3

A golden oval of crispy deliciousness.

0:16.4

From where?

0:17.5

Well, you already know.

0:20.3

Breakfast, done properly.

0:23.2

Serve until 11 a.m.

0:24.7

My friends, protests are happening in Cuba, and this is massive.

0:28.1

For anyone who hasn't seen what is going on, Cuba is going through its worst economic crisis in the last 30 years.

0:33.3

Since the year 2020, Cubans have been suffering from falling wages, deteriorating public services,

0:37.8

regular power outages, severe shortages, and a growing black market.

0:41.7

In just the past few years, hundreds of thousands of people have fled the country.

0:45.9

As a result of everything that has been going on, the guy that you can see behind me right here,

0:49.5

Miguel Diaz-Kinell, who is the current president of Cuba, would appear on the midday TV newscast on April 4th

0:55.8

and would say that his government had undertaken, quote, an enormous effort to ensure the supply of food

1:01.1

for the island's 11 million population. Because food-wise, the country is basically out. As he would say in

1:06.5

the broadcast, quote, April and May are going to be months with better prospects. The Cuban government

1:11.6

will continue to be committed to guaranteeing the people their levels of essential food,

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from History of Everything, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of History of Everything and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.