Is There Still Hope for a Free Cuba?

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🗓️ 17 December 2021

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Summary

Cuba's communist regime has done almost everything in its power to put an end to pro-democracy protests there. Now, the movement for freedom is fighting to stay alive even as many of its leaders and others have been imprisoned.

Last month, Cubans again tried to gather and protest the regime, but the government met the effort with intimidation and force. The protest ultimately resulted in “about 80 new people that were detained and remained detained,” says John Suarez, executive director of the Center for a Free Cuba.

The pro-democracy movement in Cuba gained new momentum in July, when thousands of Cubans took to the streets during several days of unplanned protests. Cuba’s communist government is still detaining over 700 of those involved in the protests.

The Cuban government's motive is that "they want control,” says Suarez, who joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to describe the situation and what hope remains for a free Cuba.

We also cover these stories:

President Biden signs a measure, passed by Congress, to raise the debt ceiling by $2.5 trillion.
YouTube cancels conservative talk show host and comedian Steven Crowder for the rest of the year.
Kim Kardashian discusses cancel culture with former New York Times writer Bari Weiss on the podcast "Honestly."

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0:00.0	And I'm Virginia Allen. The Cuban regime has done everything in its power to put an end
0:16.5	to the pro-democracy protests in the country. There are still more than 700 protesters being
0:22.6	detained in Cuban prisons. John Suarez, the executive director of the Center for Free
0:28.1	Cuba, joins the show today to discuss the tactics the Cuban Communist government is using
0:33.9	to maintain control in the country. And what hope remains for a free Cuba?
0:38.8	But before we get to Virginia's conversation with John Suarez, let's hit our top news stories of the day.
0:44.4	On Thursday, President Biden signed a measure that would raise the debt ceiling by $2.5 trillion.
1:01.5	The debt ceiling increase comes after the Senate voted Tuesday 50-49 to pass the measure after
1:08.4	Democrats and Republicans reached a deal to avoid a filibuster. Last week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck
1:13.8	Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell agreed to a one-time exemption from the
1:18.6	filibuster to approve the debt ceiling hike with a simple majority vote. Later that same Tuesday,
1:24.0	the House passed the bill to 21-209, sending it to the president's desk design.
1:29.3	Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen had previously warned Congress that the federal government
1:33.6	could default on its debt if the debt limit wasn't raised.
1:37.6	YouTube has cancelled conservative talk show host and comedian Stephen Crowder for the
1:42.8	remainder of the year. Crowder is host of the Louder with Crowder podcast and talk show.
1:49.0	This week, he received an email from YouTube informing him that he would be banned from the
1:54.0	platform for the rest of 2021. Crowder discussed the cancellation on his show this week and shared
2:01.2	the discussion on Twitter. In the email to Crowder, YouTube said the video titled
2:16.1	The Left Hates Elon Musk, because he's too based, contained content that was in violation of
2:21.9	YouTube's anti-hatespeech policy, but YouTube did not provide any details on what the platform
2:28.8	found to be hate speech. This is not the first time YouTube has censored Crowder earlier this year.
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