![]() ![]() ![]() OPPMAN: The Cuban government was ready this time, first because the organizers tried to get permission, which is actually allowed under the Cuban Constitution, to protest. But the Cuban authorities appear to have gotten out in front of them. Now we're in November, and protest organizers clearly wanted a repeat. But the Cubans we spoke to in July who were risking everything to go out to the streets simply said that they had gotten completely fed up and had nothing left to lose. Of course, the Cuban government claims that this was all plotted by the United States and is a result of U.S. OPPMAN: You know, they took to the streets by the thousands across this island in a way that we have never seen Cubans do before since the Cuban Revolution to demand more political freedoms, better economic conditions, less censorship, really just expressing their frustration at decades of Communist Party rule here. This past summer, there were some of the biggest protests in Cuba in decades. CNN correspondent Patrick Oppmann is in Havana this morning. They're blocking people in their homes to keep them from protesting in the streets. The Cuban government is using police security forces and civilian supporters to crush not dissent but plans for dissent. ![]()
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