spent Bernie Sanders It took more than a day and a half to respond to the Cuban protests, but he finally broke the silence before midnight on Monday. He called on the Cuban government to “respect the protesters’ right to oppose”, and at the same time he criticized the US “embargo against Cuba”, saying that it should eventually end.
Sanders calls himself a socialist, an important figure in the socialist movement in the United States, and the most outstanding progressive lawmaker who responded to the Cuban protests. The former presidential candidate is also the most high-profile American politician who has publicly stated that the decades-long embargo should be ended.
“Everyone has the right to protest and live in a democratic society. I call on the Cuban government to respect the rights of the opposition and avoid violence. The end of the unilateral embargo imposed by the United States on Cuba has long passed. This will only cause harm and not help. Cuban people,” Sanders tweeted late Monday night.
Everyone has the right to protest and live in a democratic society. I call on the Cuban government to respect the rights of the opposition and avoid violence. The end of the unilateral embargo imposed by the United States on Cuba has long since passed. This will only harm the Cuban people and not help the Cuban people.
-Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) July 13, 2021
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Thousands of Cubans flocked to the streets of their country on Sunday, demanding an end to the communist government, an end to food shortages, the economic crisis, and the struggle to contain the COVID-19 virus still lurking in the island nation.
Cubans from the capital Havana to Santiago chanted “Liberators” in the streets, hoping to be free after decades of Communist control, and that the current President Miguel Diaz-Canel would step down. The Cuban president did not back down, but threatened to make a “revolutionary response” to the protests.
The recent protests started after the sharp decline in tourism caused the country’s worst economic crisis in the past 30 years due to the pandemic. The coronavirus not only stopped the tourism industry, but also caused conflict in the country for those who wished to be vaccinated-the country’s vaccine supply is in short supply.
Since the Dwight Eisenhower administration imposed sanctions and embargoes on Cuba, the United States has always imposed sanctions and embargoes on Cuba. When Fidel Castro came to power, the government imposed sanctions and embargoes on Cuba for the first time. .
Last month, a convoy of Cuban diplomats went United Nations Call the ongoing US embargo an “act of war.”
The Cuban Pedro Luis Pedroso Cuesta said: “To understand the nature of the blockade and the bilateral relationship between Cuba and the United States, we must understand the blockade as an act of war. A policy that causes systematic damage to the entire people.” Permanent Representative to the United Nations
“This is an expression of hostility,” he continued. “It deprives the Cuban people of their right to self-determination and the right to decide to establish and develop a political, economic and social model in a sovereign way.”
Bernie Sanders said on Monday that if there were no embargoes, the Cuban people would have had a better life.President Biden condemned the Cuban government’s acts of violence against the Cuban people on Monday. The former president Donald Trump Said that Biden must “stand up against the communist regime, otherwise-history will remember. The Cuban people deserve freedom and human rights!”
