Cuba is facing significant unrest as President Miguel Diaz-Canel accuses the US of interference, while protesters demand food and electricity due to Marxist policies. The Communist regime is struggling amid an economic crisis, with calls for the release of opposition leader José Daniel Ferrer.
Just spoke with @OAS_official Secretary General Luis Almagro about the dire need to secure a medical visit and the immediate release of @JDanielFerrer. I urge @POTUS to join these calls. José Daniel’s life depends on it.
“Two or three [protest] events that were fundamentally peaceful” in Cuba and the Western media creates a narrative of serious instability, says President Miguel Diaz-Canel. Meanwhile “in the world there are more severe protests” and in the U.S. there are protests violently… https://t.co/Fiz281Rfam
Cuban president accuses United States of 'criminal blockade' and stoking recent protests over food shortage and blackouts https://t.co/G8IPmtMSNP https://t.co/VRLzo9bohT
Commentary: The Caribbean island is going through its harshest economic crisis in three decades. The world should prepare for an eventual and sorely needed regime change. https://t.co/UpljNIHUbY
#Cuba | From March 18 to 20, Havana hosted the third edition of the Homeland Colloquium, an international event that accompanies the celebrations of the Cuban Press Day. https://t.co/YH17IyCWeA
Cuba protesters demand food, electricity as Rubio says nation on ‘verge of collapse’ from Marxist policies https://t.co/SGnTggeEkL
#FromTheSouth News Bits | Cuba: President Miguel Diaz Canel visited the stand of teleSUR at the third edition of the Patria International Colloquium, alongside Prime Minister Manuel Marrero, and other political and government leaders. https://t.co/sgclZdshp8
The Cuba embargo is dumb and should end, and probably makes Cubans somewhat worse off, but Cuba still has the whole rest of the world to trade with. Their main problem is that socialism has destroyed productivity and investment, leaving the country with little of value to trade. https://t.co/K7tnas6YT4
#InPictures | teleSUR President @pvillegas_tlSUR explains the importance of creating alliances between media outlets during the III International Colloquium "Patria" in Havana, Cuba. https://t.co/lo24mJLCTk
#FromTheSouth News Bits | Cuba: As the third Patria International Colloquium continues in Havana, participants take part in conferences on the implication of artificial intelligence for the work of the media. Our correspondent has the details. https://t.co/z6Thvf47kD
#FromTheSouth News Bits | In Cuba, the second day of the third edition of the Patria International Colloquium, which is being held at the Pabexpo fairgrounds, advances. Our correspondent in Havana, Yordanis Rodriguez with the details. https://t.co/oXwCz2MjAx
Cubans are typically able to access about the same number of calories/day as people in Finland because food is exempt from the embargo. What the Cuban government is not able to do is respond effectively to an economic crisis with reforms, which even they acknowledge as needed. https://t.co/KBn43KDyDg
Cuban officials distributed food and basic goods to protesters to defuse social unrest, but the Communist government has few options to improve living conditions before the hot summer months https://t.co/1P4mkzRTJ9 https://t.co/1P4mkzRTJ9
Cuba accuses US of meddling in domestic affairs Follow us on Telegram: https://t.co/8u9sqgdo0n https://t.co/aZH92IP6cS
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel blasts the U.S. as “interventionist” and for having "contempt" toward the Cuban people and the Cuban revolution in an interview with NBC News. https://t.co/wzARgasb5d
I just spoke with the @StateDept urging the administration to call for the immediate release of @JDanielFerrer. There’s no excuse for inaction while this man’s life hangs in the balance. #SOSCuba #FreeFerrer #PruebaDeVida #LieberenATodosLosPresosPolíticos https://t.co/zPZCHyky9f
#InPictures | Cuban President Miguel Diaz Canel visited the teleSUR stand at the Third International Colloquium "Patria" in Havana. https://t.co/uweB7Qa2Pr
Cuba is going through its harshest economic crisis in three decades. The world should prepare for an eventual and sorely needed regime change my comments for @opinion 🇨🇺 https://t.co/vYjUU9Gdam
🇨🇺The desperation of the Cuban people amid the latest protests demanding access to food, energy, and medicine, is a sign of the strangulation by keeping Cuba on the #SSoT list. We stand with the Cuban people 🙌amid this crisis and 📢 demand @POTUS to take Cuba off the #SSoT list.
Cuba accused the US Embassy of fomenting anti-government protests and summoned the US Ambassador https://t.co/76cXJMYdrZ
#Cuba has summoned the #US ambassador to blame him for stirring up the relatively large protests in Santiago de Cuba, which are in fact related to the relentless power-cuts caused by the Communist despotism's incompetence and corruption. https://t.co/bhyR1WVeFz
US warns Cuba to ‘refrain from violence’ against protests https://t.co/6K6I3gbzHQ https://t.co/6K6I3gbzHQ
.@JDanielFerrer is in terrible condition. He must be released NOW. I urge @POTUS to join me in demanding this happen today. Without immediate action, José Daniel may not survive. #SOSCuba #FreeFerrer #PruebaDeVida #LieberenATodosLosPresosPolíticos https://t.co/rd5k0kcQF9
#FromTheSouth News Bits | Cuba: President Miguel Diaz-Canel warned that the recent events in a sector of the city of Santiago de Cuba are being exploited by the enemies of the Revolution for destabilizing purposes. https://t.co/6qhp5gE7rc
🚨#SOSCuba🚨 We’ve been demanding Cuba’s democratic opposition leader’s, José Daniel Ferrer’s, release for three years! For the 1st time in months, the regime allowed his daughter to visit him for barely 2 minutes. He is in dire health & in immediate need of medical treatment. https://t.co/EQNYiNfefv
Communist Cuba's potential collapse represents a significant test for the region — and an opportunity, too, if its neighbors are prepared, says @JPSpinetto https://t.co/EhUdoFx5H1 via @opinion
From our Editorial Fund: "Cuba's role in the populist and radical Bolivarian movement to dismantle democracy". A Book written by Douglas Farah @ConsultantsIbi. Read more: https://t.co/Z7LUVpUl1T #Cuba 🇨🇺
Communist Cuba Is on the Brink of Collapse by @JPSpinetto https://t.co/0jCxSEoyPy
We’re witnessing the collapse of Cuba’s socialist regime, says @JPSpinetto https://t.co/k9erePZDQZ via @opinion
Communist Cuba's potential collapse represents a significant test for the region — and an opportunity, too, if its neighbors are prepared, says @JPSpinetto https://t.co/BioTMl9LL9
Cuba accuses the US of interfering behavior and inciting social disorder https://t.co/3OJ5AoVLn0 https://t.co/Gn2wDwwTb2