Cuba loves their socialism so much they are mass protesting in support, huh? They are against it?
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WATCH: Cubans Carry American Flag While Demanding Freedom From Communist Dictatorship
By Ryan Saavedra•
Jul 11, 2021 DailyWire.com
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Rare Anti-Government Protests Erupt in Cuba
Monday, 12 July 2021 07:35 AM
Thousands of Cubans took part in rare protests Sunday against the communist government, chanting, "Down with the dictatorship," as President Miguel Diaz-Canel called on his supporters to confront the demonstrators.
The anti-government rallies started spontaneously in several cities as the country endures its worst economic crisis in 30 years, with chronic shortages of electricity and food.
Several hundred protesters marched through the capital Havana chanting, "We want liberty," with a heavy military and police presence deployed after demonstrators massed outside the Capitol building.
Police used tear gas to disperse crowds, and at least ten people were arrested, while officers used plastic pipes to beat protesters, AFP journalists witnessed.
Diaz-Canel delivered a combative television address, saying: "The order to fight has been given — into the street, revolutionaries!"
"We call on all revolutionaries of the country, all communists, to go out in the streets where these provocations occur... and to face them in a decisive, firm and courageous way."
The only authorized gatherings in Cuba are normally Communist Party events, but according to the data journalism site Inventario, a total of 40 demonstrations took place on Sunday.
Social media showed scenes from anti-government protests around the country, but mobile internet — only introduced in Cuba since 2018 — was largely cut off on Sunday afternoon.
Several thousand protesters, mainly young people, took to the streets of San Antonio de los Banos, a town 30 kilometers (20 miles) southwest of Havana.
One local, on condition of anonymity, told AFP that she participated in the demonstration as she was exasperated by "the situation with electricity and food."
Security forces arrived soon after the protests began, and the president later visited the town himself, surrounded by party activists as residents heckled him, according to videos posted online.
"The energy situation seems to have produced some reaction," Diaz-Canel told reporters, blaming US sanctions imposed by Donald Trump and left unchanged by President Joe Biden.
He accused "a Cuban-American mafia" of whipping up the protests on social media.
Candido Abrines, a retired pro-government protester, told AFP he was demonstrating so that "capitalism will never come back here again and (so) that these mercenaries paid by the Empire (the US) will never again take our streets, first they have to kill us all."
Government supporters also held some counter-demonstrations in Havana.
An Associated Press videojournalist was assaulted by some of them, and an AP photojournalist was injured by the police, the news agency said.
The United States reacted swiftly to the day's events.
"The US supports freedom of expression and assembly across Cuba, and would strongly condemn any violence or targeting of peaceful protesters who are exercising their universal rights," US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan wrote on Twitter.
In Miami, thousands of Cubans and Cuban-Americans took to the streets of the city's Little Havana district in support of the protests, on foot or waving Cuban flags out of car windows.
"These young people today have finally said 'Enough is enough and we’re going to do what our old folks couldn’t do'," Cuban-American Yanelis Sales told AFP.
"Cubans, we are here with you from the United States."
Diaz-Canel has been president since 2018, succeeding Raul Castro, who served as leader after his brother Fidel Castro.
Public anger in Cuba has grown recently, driven by long food lines, worsening power shortages for several hours a day and a critical shortage of medicines since the start of the Covid-19 crisis, with Cuba under US sanctions.
The country is also experiencing its toughest phase yet of the coronavirus pandemic, and on Sunday reported a new daily record of infections and deaths.
The country of 11.2 million people was left relatively unscathed in the first months of the Covid-19 outbreak but has seen a recent hike in infections.
"These are alarming numbers which are increasing daily," said Francisco Duran, head of epidemiology in the health ministry.
Under hashtags such as #SOSCuba, calls for assistance have multiplied on social media, with citizens and music stars alike urging the government to make it possible for much-needed foreign donations to enter the country.
An opposition group called Saturday for the creation of a "humanitarian corridor," an initiative the government rejected by saying Cuba was not a conflict zone.
Ernesto Soberon, a foreign affairs official, denounced a "campaign" he said sought to "portray an image of total chaos in the country which does not correspond to the situation."
So even communists don't want communism. Where is harpercons to go?
Well it's Trump's fault of course
The first mass anti-government protests in decades in Cuba were partially triggered by energy shortages amid a tighter blockade imposed by former U.S. President Donald Trump, according to the island’s communist leadership.
The discontent is due to “economic asphyxiation” as energy shortfalls force the government to slow economic output and resort to blackouts, President Miguel Diaz-Canel said Monday, at a press conference. He also blamed surging COVID-19 on the island and “Miami’s conservative Cuban-American mafia” for fueling the unrest......More
Cuba Blames Blackouts and Miami 'Mafia' for Rare Mass Protests
The first mass anti-government protests in decades in Cuba were partially triggered by energy shortages amid a tighter blockade imposed by former U.S. President Donald Trump, according to the island’s communist leadership.
The discontent is due to “economic asphyxiation” as energy shortfalls force the government to slow economic output and resort to blackouts, President Miguel Diaz-Canel said Monday, at a press conference. He also blamed surging COVID-19 on the island and “Miami’s conservative Cuban-American mafia” for fueling the unrest......More
Is Joe going to get in trouble with his Socialist Democrats with this statement?
The United States stands with the people of Cuba in their call for freedom and relief from the coronavirus pandemic and decades of repression, President Joe Biden said Monday.
Thousands of Cubans joined street protests from Havana to Santiago on Sunday in the biggest anti-government demonstrations on the Communist-run island in decades. They chanted "freedom" and called for President Miguel Diaz-Canel to step down.
"We stand with the Cuban people and their clarion call for freedom and relief from the tragic grip of the pandemic and from the decades of repression and economic suffering to which they have been subjected by Cuba's authoritarian regime," Biden said in a statement.......More
Biden: US Stands With Cuban People in Call for Freedom
The United States stands with the people of Cuba in their call for freedom and relief from the coronavirus pandemic and decades of repression, President Joe Biden said Monday.
Thousands of Cubans joined street protests from Havana to Santiago on Sunday in the biggest anti-government demonstrations on the Communist-run island in decades. They chanted "freedom" and called for President Miguel Diaz-Canel to step down.
"We stand with the Cuban people and their clarion call for freedom and relief from the tragic grip of the pandemic and from the decades of repression and economic suffering to which they have been subjected by Cuba's authoritarian regime," Biden said in a statement.......More
"decades of repression and economic suffering to which they have been subjected by Cuba's authoritarian regime," Biden said
50 years of politics Joe, why care now?
50 years of politics Joe, why care now?
Congressional Republicans back Cubans' call for change in government, flood social media with posts
The social media posts include videos of street protests, messages in Cuban Spanish.
LOL They are invading the USA from Mexico and Latin America… next boat 🛥 
loads of Cubans will flee to the USA and Biden will welcome them all too
loads of Cubans will flee to the USA and Biden will welcome them all too
Bahahaha CNN headline covering the Cuba demonstrations
about right CNNSucks
I wonder if they would be interested in a trade protestors for freedom in Cuba for protestors for communism In the USALOL They are invading the USA from Mexico and Latin America… next boat 🛥
Nailed Psaki admits the PR team puts out his statements
Published July 12, 2021 at 1:30pm
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Psaki Implies Biden’s Statement on Cuba Protests Didn’t Actually Come From Joe Biden (VIDEO)
By Cristina LailaPublished July 12, 2021 at 1:30pm
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AMERICAN NEWS Jul 12, 2021 3:33 PM EST
WATCH: CNN reporter blames Trump for Cuba's protests—not the communist regime
At the White House press briefing Monday, a CNN reporter blamed Trump for the anti-communism protests in Cuba, instead of the island's communist regime.
Trump: I Stand With the Cuban People
Backing the protesters calling for liberation from communism in Cuba, former President Donald Trump issued a reminder of the Biden administration's reversing his Cuban policies and calling on President Joe Biden to stand up against communism.
"I stand with the Cuban people 100% in their fight for freedom," Trump wrote in a statement from his Save America PAC on Monday afternoon. "The government must let them speak and be free!
"Joe Biden MUST stand up to the communist regime or — history will remember. The Cuban people deserve freedom and human rights! THEY ARE NOT AFRAID!".....More
America First Policy Institute Backs Cuban Protests
The America First Policy Institute on Monday joined the growing number of groups and individuals backing the Cuban people protesting the communist government there, saying "we share a common dream" of protecting basic liberties.
"The America First Policy Institute supports the people of Cuba in their fight for freedom," said retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, co-chairman of the Institute's Center for American Security, in a statement released to the press.
"They understand like few others today how fragile freedom is and how vital it is for the prosperity and advancement of humanity," Kellogg said. "Their fight is our fight, and we share a common dream of protecting basic liberties for our children and future generations, whether from discredited ideologies like Socialism and Communism or from new forces like Big Tech and their efforts to suppress dissent.".....More
Interesting links 1619 project to Marxism
UNEARTHED: 1619 Project Founder Praised Cuba’s ‘Socialist’ Accomplishments, Counts Education As ‘Cornerstone Of Revolution.’