After decades of oppression, the Cuban people are rising up against the island nation’s authoritarian regime. Protesting the shortages and economic ruin wrought by their leaders’ centralized mismanagement, Cubans can be seen in videos calling for freedom and even touting the American flag.

“The people are dying of hunger!” one woman in the province of Artemisa shouted during a filmed protest. “Our children are dying of hunger!”

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