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Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Friday announced greater freedoms for small businesses across the country, as the communist government takes steps to liberalize the island's economy in the face of a crippling US blockade.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

"It's a tough topic, right, because it does deal with … freedom of speech and your rights and your freedoms," she said.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

The Committee of Concerned Scientists, an organization that defends human rights and scientific freedoms, wrote a letter to Polish President Karol Nawrocki and U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

“And on a night when we are thinking about the freedoms of the 1st Amendment, we must also think about how fragile they are,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

"Just when you think you can't lose any more freedoms, the Nazis find another to take away. Now it's against the law to listen to foreign radio."

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti