Here's why Cubans protesting the regime deserve support from the United States. Mike Gonzalez and James Carafano write:
The people of Cuba stood up on Sunday and took to the streets to demand liberty and an end to 62 years of communist oppression. Thousands took part in unprecedented protests in at least a dozen cities throughout the island.
The term “historical” is so overused it has become a cliché, but it applies perfectly this time. This is the first time in 62 years of tyrannical rule this has happened, and it’s about time the long-suffering people of Cuba get both these demands.
The people of Cuba, only 90 miles from our shores, deserve our unstinting support. At the very least, the Biden administration should do nothing to throw the socialists in Havana a lifeline, as Juan S. Gonzalez, special assistant to the president and National Security Council senior director for the Western Hemisphere, announced on CNN in Spanish recently, when he said that warming-up measures between Havana and Washington were upcoming. This is hardly the time to take these steps.
[Mike Gonzalez and James Carafano, "Unprecedented Protests in Cuba Deserve America’s Support,” The Daily Signal, July 12]
