JOSE, BACK TO YOU.
>> 8:36 IN THE MORNING PACIFIC
TIME.
>> RIGHT NOW IN CUBA THERE
CONTINUES TO BE PROTESTS, BUT
WITH THE INTERNET SLOWED DOWN
THERE, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO TELL HOW BIG THE PROTESTS ARE.
TELL HOW BIG THE PROTESTS ARE.
I WANT TO DIG DEEPER WITH THE
PROFESSOR OF INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS AT FLORIDA UNIVERSITY.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU, JOSE.
>> EDUARDO, IT CAN BE SO
DIFFICULT TO KEEP TRACK OF WHAT
IS HAPPENING IN CUBA BECAUSE THE
GOVERNMENT CONTROLS 100% OF THE
INTERNET.
WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE?
WHAT DO YOU SEE HAPPENING?
>> WELL, JOSE, I THINK IT IS
CLEAR THAT CUBA IS BEHAVING THE
WAY THAT A DICKTATORSHIP BEHAVES
THEY CLAMP DOWN IN VERY DECISIVE
WAYS.
AND OF COURSE THEY VIOLATE HUE
MAP RIGHTS AND I BELIEVE THEY MANAGED TO CLAMP DOWN AND THEY
MANAGED TO CLAMP DOWN AND THEY
HAVE DONE SO SUCCESSFULLY.
CUBANS TODAY ARE DARING TO
PROTEST AND TO GET THEIR MESSAGE
OUT THERE.
SO THINGS HAVE CHANGED AND I
WOULD SAY RATHER DRAMATICALLY IN
CUBA FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF
PROTESTS EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY
NOT BE AS ORGANIZED AS ONE WOULD
LIKE TO SEE FOR ACHIEVING.
>> IT IS AMAZING BECAUSE ONE
SEES THESE IMAGES AND I THINK
MOST PEOPLE DONT REALIZE HOW
DIFFICULT AND HOW DANGEROUS IT
IS TO PROTEST IN CUBA.
IT IS NOT JUST 1950s CARS, RUM,
AND CIGARS.
THE LEADER OF CUBA ARE REALLY
KIM JONG UN AND WERE SEEING
PEOPLE TAKING TO THE STREETS
KNOWING IT COULD COST THEM A
LOT.
PROFESSOR WHAT IS IT THAT THE
UNITED STATES SHOULD OR COULD BE DOING TO SUPPORT THIS?
DOING TO SUPPORT THIS?
>> IT MAY BE IMPORTANT TO
CONTEXT
CONTEXTUALIZE THIS A LITTLE BIT.
NOW IN MULTIPLACES, IF YOU GO
BACK, THERE IS A LOT OF
INNOVATION.
SO THE U.S. IS REALLY FACED WITH
A VERY DIFFICULT CHOICE HERE
ESPECIALLY WITH REPUBLICANS
ASKING FOR AN INTERVENTION,
RIGHT?
AND SOME OF THE LEADERS ARE
TALKING ABOUT MILITARY
INTERVEPGS IN CUBA.
AT THE SAME TIME THERE IS
DEMANDS FOR THE U.S. TO USE THE
MILITARY TO RESOLVE THE VERY
DIFFICULT ISSUE THAT OCCURRED IN
THE AFTERMATH OF THE
ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT RUIZ.
I THINK WASHINGTON IS TRAPPED
HERE.
WE JUST WITHDREW AN THERE IS NO
REAL NATIONAL SENTIMENT FAVORING
THEM ANYWHERE.
SO I DONT THINK WE CAN TAKE
ABOUT A MILITARY OPTION IN
SERIOUS OF THESE COUNTRIES.
SO WHAT WE HAVE IS STRINGENT
SANCTIONS THAT HAVE NOT ACHIEVED
THE REGIME CHANGE, AND YET I
THINK THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
WILL NOT RELINQUISH THE OPTION.
AND THEY PROMISED MORE.
WHAT MORE MEANS, OF COURSE, HAS
BEEN LEFT UP TO INTERPRETATION.
>> YEAH, AMERICAN MILITARY
INTERVENTION HAS NOT BEEN
PARTICULARLY POSITIVE OEF THE
HISTORY OF THE WORLD, BUT IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT YOU MENTIONED
HAITI.
ALSO IMPORTANT TO MENTION
NICARAGUA.
THEY HAVE ARRESTED MORE THAN
6,000 IMMIGRANTS.
IT IS A VERY COMPLICATED
SITUATION.
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