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Certainly, no one is in favour of foreign intervention (i.e. US). I wonder though how much is driven by legitimate grievances due to economic mismanagement? As per this thread.
Not having food or vaccines sounds like a legitimate grievance to me
US blockade is the reason for those problems.
No doubt, the US blockade is criminal.
Does that make their grievances any less valid?
If the grievance is that US is harming people in Cuba by preventing Cuba from being able to trade with other countries, then no.
There could be legitimate grievances among the people for sure. Food, medical, and power shortages are all real (and the fault of the US blockade), but these protests have gone far beyond that in the imperial core. Almost 350k people have signed a petition demanding US military intervention for "humanitarian" reasons. To voice support for these protests is to enable and encourage those who seek Cuban blood.
I can agree with that. In such circumstances, how do you minimize foreign intervention influence while simultaneously avoiding repressing discussion of domestic grievances?