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Doctors and Students Yelling "Out!" to Chavez and Winds of Change in Cuba

This from Gateway Pundit:
On Friday doctors in Venezuela rallied in Caracas yelling "Out!" to Chavez and the Cuban doctors he has brought into the country. Now, on Tuesday, students marched in Caracas demanding autonomy of the universities from government influence.

Not a good sign for any dictator!
Aleksander Boyd has a post on students calling Chavez "Fake! Murderer of students. "


Things are also getting somewhat out of control in Cuba. Is it possible? Could we hope for winds of change in both Venezuela and Cuba?

This also at Gateway Pundit:
Fidel Castro is facing revolts after Cuba was hit by its worst hurricane in memory. The destruction will cost $3 billion. But Castro is doing everything he can to keep aid out. And that's an outrage.

Following Hurricane Dennis, a different wind is blowing through Cuba — the wind of change. Three spontaneous and rare demonstrations sprang up in Havana this week. Fed-up Cubans attacked an electrical substation after learning of yet another delay in restoring power. Other angry Cubans protested housing evictions.

The despair from hurricane damage on a neglected and oppressed people is leading to protests about Castro's rule. The third protest commemorated Castro's military assault on a boat of 41 fleeing refugees 11 years ago (pictured above).

Cubans are in a dark mood. In the hurricane rubble, Castro's failed regime offers them nothing. The damage inflicted by the hurricane is worse than anyone realized. The category 4 storm howled across nearly the length of the island at 135 mph for 12 hours, knocking out electricity and power. Some areas are yet to be heard from.

At Least 11 of the demonstrators opposing the Castro Regime from the "tugboat" protest were arrested at their demonstration.

The conditions were becoming unbearable in the communist state even before the hurricane:

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