Finally reached despite communication shutdowns, one of TWR’s Cuban partners expressed an earnest plea as extraordinary protests roiled the island nation: “Pray a lot for us!” The Cuban native, whose name is withheld for security reasons, said today that he hasn’t been able to leave his house but that he and his family are safe, and nearby unrest appears to have cooled—at least temporarily. “We are living in a very dangerous and complicated situation,” he said. Inflaming the crisis are exaggerated claims coming from both sides of the confrontation between the communist government and crowds protesting curbs on civil liberties, shortages of necessities and the handling of the pandemic.