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Today, Explained

Cuba's had enough

Today, Explained

Vox

Daily News, Politics, News

4.49.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Cubans hit the streets for unprecedented protests against their communist government. CNN's Patrick Oppmann is on the ground in Havana with spotty wifi. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts. We are conducting an audience survey to better serve you. It takes about five minutes, and it really helps out the show. Please take our survey here: vox.com/survey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:40.9

I'm Patrick Altman.

0:51.4

I'm in Havana right now.

0:52.6

We're on base as CNN's international correspondent and Havana bureau chiefs.

0:57.9

Patrick, we've had a lot of trouble connecting with you this morning.

1:01.5

I don't often connect with people in Havana.

1:04.8

So tell me, is this always how hard it is or is this because of these protests that are

1:09.0

going on in Cuba this week?

1:10.6

I arrived for nine years ago.

1:12.4

We were in the Internet wilderness then.

1:14.9

I go to my office and I was the only place I had any kind of email or anything like that.

1:20.4

The Internet growth has really been one of the major stories here over the years.

1:25.6

After the Obama opening, they opened up the Internet here and a lot of computers.

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