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The Cuban Regime’s Fear of Its Youth

The criminalization of young dissent in Cuba is not an aberration of authoritarian rule. It is the regime’s repressive logic.

May 11, 2026
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Jonathan David Muir Burgos was arrested by the Cuban regime for attending a protest in March.

By Michael Lima

“Mom, how long am I going to be here?” asks Jonathan Muir Burgos, a 16-year-old Cuban Chri…

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