The struggle of Cubans to document the situation on the island (Video from July 2021) 2:09
(CNN Spanish) -
The Cuban government has reacted with "a brutal repression against those who have dared" to peacefully protest on July 11, the director for the Americas of Human Rights Watch, José Miguel Vivanco, denounced this Tuesday.
Vivanco said at a press conference that not only have there been arbitrary arrests but also that "brutal Maltese, brutal beatings" have been documented against the protesters.
Vivanco said that what is "unfortunate" is that there are countries where there is still democracy but that today "have a populist leader with an authoritarian tendency," referring to the President of Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
He also indicated so that the Biden government can influence the human rights situation in Cuba, it must gradually "dismantle the embargo against Cuba" and that the conditions are created so that an improvement in freedom and human rights can be produced in the country. Caribbean.
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