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strengthen through a number of Nuevo País initiatives. To that, we can add the lack of a sense or
mindset regarding rights, which makes difficult
the sustainability of growing social demands.
Then there is the issue of criteria for legitimacy,
which are completely grounded in the State and
not the citizenry. Finally, there is the regime’s
constant repression of different civil and political
proposals that work towards democratizing both
the State and Cuban society. What we have here
is an explosive time bomb that has serv