Cuba blames US for stoking protests • FRANCE 24 English

Shopping or taking a walk with your baby in total darkness on the streets of Havana only headlights offer a chance to see frequent power Cuts coupled with fut chages have pushed people out into the streets in rare Mass protests this was one of five demonstrations held in the Cuban Capital

Over the weekend the largest since the anti-government protests of 2021 Cuban leaders say they understand the frustration if you have six 10 12 hours of blackouts or interruption in electricity it is logical for people to protest if you have that it is there should be no surprise for having people

Protest president Miguel Diaz canel blames the current unrest on Cuba’s longtime enemy the US alleging it orchestrated The Gatherings the Cuban leader believes Washington is trying to overthrow the Island’s Communist Regime accusations that the US state department categorically nice the United States is not behind uh these protests in Cuba and

Uh the ACC accusation of that is um absurd it’s impossible to know how many Cubans live below the poverty line as the government has chosen to not publish statistics one thing is certain food is in short supply in February the government announced it could no longer produce enough bread for the entire population

The United States is not behind the protests in Cuba and the accusation that Washington was plotting them was “absurd,” State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel told a news briefing on Monday (March 18).  On Sunday, Cubans staged rare street protests in the second-largest city Santiago de Cuba, Bayamo and other places against food and electricity shortages.
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27 comments

  5. There has been a US-imposed blockade/embargo on Cuba since 1960 which prevents Cuba from buying essential items from the international market or trading feely with other nations bcz no country wants to trade with Cuba bcz they fear US Sanctions. The UN has passed resolutions since 1991 to lift the embargo but has always been refused by America. It has led to inhuman suffering in Cuba and then the West says they are not responsible for Cuba's problms.

  6. Rosa Freeman’s ridiculous ‘Haitian solutions for Haitian problems ’ involving Cuba and Venezuela was always unworkable and simply a way to dodge a hard question what to do. Her dishonesty is laid bare with scenes like these.

  7. We get the blame for everything, but the first to call when there’s a problem🤦🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️💯‼️

  9. Well we told Cuba we don’t deal with backyard dictatorships. They got the sanctions because we wanted pressure on their government for human rights violations. Everything here is direct consequences of running a dictatorship and its poor decisions. My advice is overthrow that government so we can end the embargo.

  10. Cuba may be good or bad but its better off without Batista… period… and USA despite being a republic and an attempt at democracy still has a history of supporting any mannerism of regime so long as it supports American slave labour interests… just look at Chiquita in South America and the majority of Mexican labour

  15. The U.S. should stop blockading Cuba & enjoy a positive relationship. We trade with other communist countries & Cubans are awesome people!!

  21. All these American puppets in the comments saying that USA is not responsible. 😂😂😂😂😂😂
    How can anyone not blame USA? USA has imposed brutal sanctions on Cuba for decades and they have also tried failed invasion of Cuba. So YES, imperialist USA is responsible for what is happening in Cuba, as in many other conflicts.

  23. Went there in 2010 , very very poor people , no food , buildings falling down , however the communist party members who funnily enough do the tourist trips are well looked after , another communist panacea !!

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