The Council of State of Cuba approved a new regulation granting state lands in usufruct to legal entities for an indefinite period. ^[1] The Supreme Court of Justice and the Council of State have issued rulings that place the legitimate right to social protest alongside the obligation for protesters to respect the rights of other citizens. ^[2] The implementation of these reforms occurs amidst a severe economic crisis in Cuba that has lasted six years and was aggravated since January by an oil blockade from the United States. ^[3] The regulation establishes that the right of usufruct can be granted to legal entities for a term of up to 99 years, renewable for an equal period upon request within two years before expiration. ^[4] The article argues that it is contradictory for the exercise of a legitimate right like social protest to be founded on the flagrant violation of the rights of other citizens. ^[5] The article states that if authorities are not capable of preserving mutual respect for rights, they are fostering the emergence of violence and savagery, making life impossible. ^[6] The author states that if social protest overflows and does not respect rights to property, freedom of movement, and others, it becomes a clear invitation to violence. ^[7] The decree stipulates that the rights and obligations of the usufructuary are determined by the constitutive title of the usufruct, meaning conditions are set in the agreement with the State. ^[8]