Headlines: Cuba accuses US of being behind protests
A man is arrested during a demonstration against the government of Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel in Havana on July 11, 2021. YAMIL LAGE AFP
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After a Sunday of spontaneous mobilization to denounce the regime, the energy, economic and health crisis, the Cuban authorities accused the United States of being behind this movement. In any case, this is the message that the entire Cuban government wanted to convey, which held a very long press conference on Monday, reports
Juventud Rebelde
, a daily close to power. For President Miguel Diaz-Canel, it was the United States that orchestrated these spontaneous demonstrations.
This is part of the unconventional war waged by the Americans to destabilize the regime and try to overthrow it, he believes, like the giant protests in Venezuela in early 2019. Protests that had been harshly repressed, just like that of Sunday in Cuba according to
El Nuevo Herald
. Protesters who were treated as they deserved, as in Venezuela, believes the Cuban president, according to the Florida daily, which posts videos online where we can see the reaction of the authorities to the protesters.
Explanations that do not hold according to Yoani Sanchez who speaks in the columns of his online daily
14ymedio
.
For the journalist and opponent, it was the frustration and despair that drove the Cubans to come out and demonstrate.
It was only a matter of time, she said, after more than 50 years during which the authorities deprived Cubans of their right to demonstrate.
A movement led by young Cubans who have experienced the dual currency system, who are prevented from dreaming of a better future and who are brainwashed in schools.
This movement was predictable, she believes, "
it was enough to listen carefully to the noise that was rising lately
."
Before possible negotiations, the Venezuelan regime increases the pressure on the opposition
These negotiations should be held in Mexico before the regional elections scheduled for next November, according to
El Universal
.
Nicolas Maduro says he is ready to dialogue, but the Venezuelan president sets four conditions, specifies the daily: the lifting of American sanctions, the recognition of the legitimacy of the power in place, a guarantee of peace and the union of all political sectors which wish to participate.
In the meantime, the authorities have decided to put pressure on the opposition, as
El Nacional
details
.
Freddy Guevara, a close friend of Juan Guaido, was arrested on Monday, according to the daily which announces that he will have to answer for four charges: terrorism, attack against public order, criminal conspiracy and treason against the homeland .
A day during which the authorities apparently tried to also arrest Juan Guaido at his home, details
Ultima Hora
.
An arrest which was not completed thanks to the presence of journalists and neighbors, but which demonstrates the authorities' will to bend the opposition before the holding of these famous negotiations.
New US sanctions against Nicaraguan officials
A hundred deputies, judges and prosecutors will no longer have the right to go to the United States, which considers these people complicit with the regime in the assault on Nicaraguan democracy,
La Prensa said
.
With the approach of the general elections to be held on November 7, the United States is stepping up the pressure against President Daniel Ortega, the only way to save democracy in this country, according to US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.
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