Biden pledges to stand with Cuban protesters and calls on Havana to refrain from a violent crackdown. But U.S. officials deflect criticism for lag in policy changes.
, thanks in part to conservative Cuban immigrants who make up a sizable voting bloc.
Menendez was among several, mostly conservative American lawmakers who on Monday applauded what the senator called a “historic day” of Cuban demonstrations.Despite ongoing persecution on the island, Cubans are bravely joining to demand nothing more than the ability to live safely and speak their minds, freely, openly, and without fear,” Menendez said in a statement. “Listen to their cries of desperation. Support their demands by ensuring we do not perpetuate the regime’s decades of repression.
“We’ve seen how the campaign against Cuba was growing on social media in the past few weeks,’' Díaz-Canel said, according to wire services. “That’s the way it’s done: Try to create inconformity, dissatisfaction by manipulating emotions and feelings.” In recent weeks, Cuban officials also began lobbying the Biden administration to remove the country from the U.S. list of “state sponsors of terrorism.” Trump placed Cuba on the list — where it sits alongside Iran, North Korea and Syria — in January as a parting shot before leaving office. Removing a country from the list is also a complicated process.
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