Cuban Government Refrains From Cracking Down On Protesters President Biden Warns:
US President Joe
Biden has backed anti-government protests in Cuba and warned the Cuban
government to refrain from using force against protesters.
In Cuba, large numbers of people are taking part in anti-government protests. |
Speaking at the White House on Monday on the sidelines of a meeting on gun control in the United States, Biden said: "The Cuban people are demanding independence from the oppressive government and we have been holding such demonstrations in Cuba for a long time. Later or probably never seen. "
The
president also denied Cuba's claim that the United States was responsible for
inciting unrest.
President Biden Rose attends a meeting in the Welter Room (Reuters) |
US Secretary
of State Anthony Blanken also told reporters at the State Department after
President Biden's statement that it would be a "grave mistake" for
the Cuban government to block protests in dozens of cities and towns. Describe
as a result of an action.
Shortly
before Monday's statement, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parilla
accused US-funded missionaries of fomenting unrest.
According to
him, there is no anti-government movement in Cuba, but what was seen yesterday
was chaos and the reason was the 'communications operation' that has been going
on for some time and in which tens of millions People are dedicated.
A day
earlier, Cuban President Miguel Diaz Canal, standing with his cabinet in a
nationally televised address, said the cause of the social unrest was a
strategy of economic repression by the United States.
The Cuban
president has called on so-called "revolutionary" citizens inside the
country to respond to anti-government protests.
Why the protests in
Cuba?
Police guard Havana capital building (Associated Press) |
In the protest demonstration in Cuba's capital Hanna, protesters were slogans based on the demands of freedom and unity that the police arrested some people by dispatching the protesters.
The
demonstrators were protesting against the problems caused by the Karuna
epidemic in the country, shortage of food and medicine and power outages.
Cuba has had
a communist regime since 1959, when former President Fidel Castro took office.
Republican
leader Ted Cruz, a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee from
Texas, says the Cuban government has persecuted many generations and denied
them freedom, forcing many families to flee the country. Killed or killed And
in the coming days, the scope of violence is going to expand to suppress the
brave protesters.
Another
Republican leader, Marco Rubio, criticized President Joe Biden, saying he had
taken a full day to recognize the protesters.
Republican
Senator Lenzie Graham said in a Twitter message, "President Biden, you
need freedom in Cuba now."
House
Speaker Democrat Nancy Pelosi also reiterated her support for the Cuban
protesters in a tweet.
"The
Cuban people's demand for freedom and fundamental rights is taking to the
streets peacefully and the demonstrators are showing great courage," he
said.
The EU's top
diplomat also backed the Cuban people's right to protest in a statement on
Monday, urging the Cuban government to listen to the protesters' concerns.
"This
is a demonstration of a level of dissatisfaction that has not been seen since
1994," Joseph Borrell told a news conference in Brussels.
Protests In The United
States Against Communism And In Favor Of Cuban Protesters:
Meanwhile,
Cuban-Americans gathered outside Little Havana in Miami on Monday to show their
support for the ongoing protests in Cuba.
On Sunday,
about 5,000 people demonstrated in front of the Versailles restaurant. This place
is also famous for the influx of Cubans. Protesters waved Cuban and American
flags and chanted slogans calling for an end to communism in Cuba.
Protesters
also gathered outside the Cuban embassy in Washington, D.C., on Sunday
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