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Could street protests finally topple Cuba’s communist regime?

After six decades of rule, the Cuban government is facing the inevitable generational shift for which it seems ill-prepared

Could the growing tide of street protests finally topple Cuba’s communist government? Cubans are certainly angry: Sunday marked the largest-ever demonstration against the island’s regime. Organized through social media, the protests, which began in a town 20 miles outside Havana, quickly spread across Cuba. Thousands of demonstrators marched along some of Havana’s most iconic streets, chanting ‘Freedom!’, ‘Fatherland and Life’ and ‘Down with the dictatorship!’

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