Cuba s president blames America s politics of economic asphyxiation for unrest after massive anti-communist protest
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, 61, on Monday blamed the U.S. for the protests that sprung up in his country on Sunday
Thousands of people took to the streets in the largest demonstrations against the government seen in years
Diaz-Canel said the U.S. embargo was strangling the country and accused the U.S. of paying mercenaries to stir up unrest within Cuba
On Sunday the Cuban government shut down the internet to stop the sharing of images of protest on social media
On Monday Joe Biden called the demonstrators remarkable and demanded that the government in Havana not repress them with violence
Biden walks a tightrope on Cuba Ishaan Tharoor People shout slogans against the government during a protest Sunday in Havana. (Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters)
The anti-regime protests taking place throughout Cuba delivered yet another jolt to the White House. Just as the Biden administration was grappling with the near-unprecedented events in Haiti following the assassination of the country’s president, it now has to reckon with what could be a historic uprising taking place in nearby Cuba. Before this weekend, President Biden’s lieutenants had been signaling to journalists that revising Washington’s policy toward Havana was not high up on their agenda. “We have an entire world and a region in disarray,” a senior administration official told my colleague Karen DeYoung last month, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations. “We are combating a pandemic and dealing with a breaking down of democracy in a whole host of count
The Straits Times
A man is arrested during anti-government demonstrations in Havana on July 11, 2021.PHOTO: AFP
PublishedJul 13, 2021, 8:05 am SGT
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