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Geplaatst: 15-07-2021 08:32:15 Onderwerp: Cuba's leader lays some blame for protests on his government |
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Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel for the first time is offering some self-criticism while saying that government shortcomings in handling shortages and other problems played a role in this week's protests.
But in a televised address Wednesday night he also called on Cubans to not act with hate — a reference to the violence pg slot auto that occurred at some of the rare street demonstrations in which protesters voiced grievances over high prices, food shortages and power outages, while some people. also called for a change in the government.
Until now, the Cuban government had only blamed social media and the US government for the weekend protests, which were the biggest seen in Cuba since a quarter century ago, when then-President Fidel Castro personally went into the streets to calm crowds of thousands furious. over dire shortages following the collapse of the Soviet Union and its economic subsidies for the island. |
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