Anti-government protesters march in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, July 11, 2021.

Anti-government protests in Cuba

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Anti-government protesters march in Havana, Cuba, July 11, 2021. As Cubans facing the country’s worst economic crisis in decades took to the streets in droves over the weekend into July 12, 2021, authorities blocked social media sites in an apparent effort to stop the flow of information into, out of and within the beleaguered nation. 

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Thousands of Cubans took to the streets on Sunday to protest the government’s mishandling of the pandemic and continued problems with power blackouts and food shortages. And, along with the assassination of Haiti’s president this week, the country faces an uptick in gang violence. Also, dozens of Chinese feminist social media channels have been abruptly deactivated recently, triggering anger and fear. And, Super Mario 64 still holds nostalgic value. An unopened cartridge of the classic game just sold at auction for a record-setting $1.5 million.

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A woman wearing a purple shirt is shown with her hands out stretched and shouting among a large crowd of people.
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