In what Human Rights Watch describes as “little change” under leader Miguel Díaz-Canel regarding the repression and punishment of dissidents in Cuba, pro-democracy Cuban-Canadians are calling for Ottawa to publicly acknowledge that the island nation is ruled by a dictatorship. Specifically, the community, along with the Venezuelan diaspora in Canada, are urging Canada and other democratic countries to “acknowledge that the regime clinging on to power in Cuba is ruled by a human rights’ predatory and totalitarian dictatorship,” according to a press release by activist group Democratic Spaces. The release was issued after an online meeting on Jan. 19 organized by the group to discuss what it calls a human rights crisis in Cuba. It consisted of 10 attendees including Sebastien Sigouin, the director of Central America, Cuba and the Dominican Republic at Global Affairs Canada. “Cuba is a beautiful country and Cubans are a noble people, but our compatriots …