Arrests Follow 'Unprecedented' Protests In Cuba

Published July 12, 2021 at 11:06 AM CDT

José Miguel Vivanco, director of Human Rights Watch’s Americas division, joins Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd to discuss why the protests in Cuba on Sunday are unusual and what they signify.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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