Cuban Government blame protests on sanctions as international community calls for calm.
Violence breaks out as Cuban police attempt to arrest an anti-government protestor. Image: AP/PA Images Violence breaks out as Cuban police attempt to arrest an anti-government protestor. Image: AP/PA Images CUBA BLAMED A US “policy of economic suffocation” for unprecedented anti-government protests, as president Joe Biden backed calls to end “decades of repression” on the communist island.
Police used tear gas to disperse crowds, and at least ten people were arrested, while officers used plastic pipes to beat protesters, AFP journalists witnessed. Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador warned against an “interventionist” approach to the unprecedented Cuban protests, and offered to send aid.
The country of 11.2 million people is experiencing its toughest phase of the coronavirus pandemic, and on Sunday reported a new daily record of infections and deaths.
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