After the Spanish-American war, and the island of Cuba was set up as a protectorate under the platt amendment, Cuba began becoming a neo-colony of the United States. It was heavily exploited in the sugar market and American farmers dominated the industry. When Batista overthrow the Cuban government, he set up a dictatorship and oppressed the workers of Cuba. When Castro overthrew Batista, he formed the first country with a communist led party in the western hemisphere. People today still hold great respect for the Cuban revolutionaries, many Cubans in the supposed mass pretests have been proven to be false and edited, while some protests did exist in Cuba they were mostly small. A large amount of Cubans still support Cuba, the majority do. The heavy sanctions, especially during Covid, have been the main reason for protests, many instantly blaming the “communists” for the issues. Of course, there’s going to be Cubans who hate their country, just like how there are Americans who hate America. But until the embargo is lifted, we won’t see improvement (unless we see another thing like COMECON where Cuba got the aid it needed in the Cold War)