Since 1959, the people of Cuba have lived under the tyranny of a one-party communist dictatorship. Although there have been a few episodes over the years that gave one hope that the brutal dictatorship could come to an end, somehow, the Communist Party of Cuba has maintained its stranglehold over the approximately 10 million Cubans who currently inhabit the beautiful Caribbean island.

Over the past few weeks, however, the Communist Party of Cuba has been on its back heels like never before.

For starters, Cuba is a very poor nation. Over the past several decades, Cuba’s command-and-control communist economic system has created mass poverty for the once-prosperous paradise.

In September 2025, long before the current crisis, the Cuban Observatory of Human Rights issued its eighth Study on the State of Social Rights in Cuba.

According to the report, 89 percent of Cubans live in “extreme poverty,” and 78 percent intend to “emigrate.” Among their top concerns, 72 percent of Cubans fear “blackouts,” 71 percent are worried about lack of “food,” 61 percent are concerned about the “cost of........

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