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| Cuban FM claims US-backed ‘mercenaries’ stoked unrest ahead of protests disguised as cry for help | Cuban FM claims US-backed ‘mercenaries’ stoked unrest ahead of protests disguised as cry for help |
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| Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez has denounced the weekend’s protests as a “systemic provocation” by dissidents working hand in hand with the forces of the US government to destabilize the nation. | Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez has denounced the weekend’s protests as a “systemic provocation” by dissidents working hand in hand with the forces of the US government to destabilize the nation. |
| Earlier Monday, the Biden administration flatly declared the protests an “unprecedented rejection of the island nation’s government,” placing the blame for the unrest at the feet of Cuba’s Communist government. | Earlier Monday, the Biden administration flatly declared the protests an “unprecedented rejection of the island nation’s government,” placing the blame for the unrest at the feet of Cuba’s Communist government. |
| After the Biden government’s statement in support of Cuban protesters following the weekend’s street demonstrations, Rodriguez swiftly challenged the US president’s claims. | After the Biden government’s statement in support of Cuban protesters following the weekend’s street demonstrations, Rodriguez swiftly challenged the US president’s claims. |
| “Yesterday in Cuba there was no social uprising, yesterday in Cuba there was disorder, disturbances caused by a communicational operation that has been prepared for some time and to which millions had been dedicated,” the FM countered. | “Yesterday in Cuba there was no social uprising, yesterday in Cuba there was disorder, disturbances caused by a communicational operation that has been prepared for some time and to which millions had been dedicated,” the FM countered. |
| Rodriguez claimed a social media campaign had been run with the intent of destabilizing Cuba, hitting the country in a moment of weakness with the help of “US-financed mercenaries” who could then burrow their way into existing pockets of unrest on the island to take down the communist nation. | Rodriguez claimed a social media campaign had been run with the intent of destabilizing Cuba, hitting the country in a moment of weakness with the help of “US-financed mercenaries” who could then burrow their way into existing pockets of unrest on the island to take down the communist nation. |
| Meanwhile, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel dismissed the unrest as the result of the long-standing American embargo that has starved the island of much-needed resources for over half a century in defiance of human rights law. | Meanwhile, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel dismissed the unrest as the result of the long-standing American embargo that has starved the island of much-needed resources for over half a century in defiance of human rights law. |
| Nevertheless, Cuban doctors were able to develop two vaccines for Covid-19 on their own, not only coming up with the formulae themselves but domestically producing the drugs and inoculating at least a quarter of the population with them – this despite a syringe shortage brought on by US sanctions. | Nevertheless, Cuban doctors were able to develop two vaccines for Covid-19 on their own, not only coming up with the formulae themselves but domestically producing the drugs and inoculating at least a quarter of the population with them – this despite a syringe shortage brought on by US sanctions. |
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