Cuba ‘Power and Food’ Protests Erupt in Over Blackouts and Hunger
TimeMAR 2024
Cuba: Protests Erupt Over Power Blackouts, Food Shortages
The Spin
Pro-establishment narrative
The communist regime of Cuba has yet again resorted to shutting down internet access and communications to hide protests as if this could hold back a populist social demonstration on the island. Cubans may have long been familiar with hunger and poverty under an undemocratic regime that deceived them with promises of a better future. However, they are fed up, and this crisis will likely be the last straw.
Establishment-critical narrative
As if strangling the Cuban economy for decades with a genocidal blockade wasn't enough, Washington now outrageously seeks to exploit the shortages that its policies created on the island to promote social disorder as well as an artificial counterrevolutionary campaign. Meanwhile, Havana works tirelessly to improve the situation and attend to the demands of its people despite current limitations.