(EFE) .- Republican lawmakers from the United States denounced this Tuesday the Cuban Government’s repression of the protest promoted by the dissidence on the island and demanded that the US president, Democrat Joe Biden, act to help the Cuban population.
In a press conference in front of the US Capitol, Republican Senator Marco Rubio, of Cuban origin, asked the Biden Administration to make Cuba “a diplomatic priority”, given the repression by the Executive of Miguel Díaz-Canel of a movement of “intellectuals, young people and artists who want political freedom”.
The Cuban government managed on Monday to suppress almost completely the protest promoted by the dissidents with a strong police force in the main cities of the country, arrests of opponents and blockades at the homes of independent activists and journalists.
For his part, Republican legislator Mario Díaz-Balart, the son of Cuban parents, assured that Biden is “missing in action” at the moment, for which he asked him to “be on the right side of history.”
Among other actions, Rubio and the Republican legislator of the House of Representatives María Elvira Salazar, also of Cuban origin, urged the White House to create a plan to facilitate Internet access to the Cuban population, especially in times of political tension. like the current one.
“We urge the White House to work with private technology companies to provide internet to Cuba. There are no excuses because the technology is there,” said Salazar, who represents the Miami city district, a symbol of Cuban exile in the United States. .
For his part, Republican legislator Mario Díaz-Balart, the son of Cuban parents, assured that Biden is “missing in action” at the moment, for which he asked him to “be on the right side of history,” that is, “next to the Cuban people.”
Rubio, Salazar and Díaz-Balart were accompanied at that press conference by almost twenty more legislators, including Senator Rick Scott, who also represents the state of Florida, and members of the Lower House, such as Carlos Giménez, from Florida, and Pat Fallon, from Texas, among others.
After quelling protests across the country, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez spoke in a Facebook interview of the United States’ “failed operation” to sell an “unreal image” of his country.
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