Many Cubans now living in the U.S., as well as Cuban-Americans, have taken to the streets and online to show their support for the unprecedented anti-government protests last week in Cuba . Among those, several prominent figures in the MMA world have spoken out against Cuba’s communist government. Cuban Olympic medalists Yoel Romero and Hector Lombard , UFC’s Jorge Masvidal , and others have voiced their outrage on the humanitarian crisis growing on the island. Protests in Cuba began Sunday, July 11, when thousands of people took to the streets in many cities, including the capital Havana, to demand an end of the decades of dictatorship, chanting, ‘Libertad’ (freedom). The discontent with the Cuban government has been brewing for years, but the situation reached an all-time high as conditions have been worsened by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Cubans today face shortages of food, vaccines, and basic necessities.
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