From WSJopinion: In a country where the walls have ears, it’s easy to lose one’s voice. But that is changing. The Cuban regime is weak, and the people sense it, writes OscarBiscet.
In response to the July 11 uprising in Cuba, President Miguel Diaz-Canel initiated an internet blackout to prevent anti-government protestors use of social media to energize the people.
Image: Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty ImagesIn 2010 Cuba’s Castro regime began releasing journalists and human rights activists, most of whom it had imprisoned seven years earlier during the Black Spring crackdown on political dissent. Upon release, most of the prisoners were exiled to Spain. But I refused to accept exile as the price of freedom. My refusal cost me another year in prison, but has since allowed me to witness courage and hope take root in a nation long mired in fear and despair.
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