Demonstrations in Cuba: "We are no longer afraid" 1:48
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United States President Joe Biden on Monday expressed his support for the Cuban people amid unusual protests in the country over the lack of freedoms and the deterioration of the economy, and called on the Diaz regime- Canel that "listens to its people and takes care of their needs".
"We support the Cuban people and their clamor for freedom and relief from the tragic control of the pandemic and the decades of repression and economic suffering to which they have been subjected by the authoritarian regime of Cuba," Biden said in a statement.
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"The Cuban people are courageously asserting fundamental and universal rights. Those rights, including the right to peaceful protest and the right to freely determine their own future, must be respected. The United States calls on the Cuban regime to listen to your people and take care of their needs in this vital moment instead of enriching yourself, "he continued.
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