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CUBAN Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez accused Washington at the weekend of a racist contempt for the people of Latin America and the Caribbean as it attempts to shore up support for opposition forces.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken criticised the Cuban authorities, claiming they were clamping down on freedom of expression.
“As the Cuban government continues to silence Cubans with prison and repression, we call on the freedom-loving nations of the world to support the Cuban people’s desire for human rights and democracy.”
But Mr Rodriguez accused Washington of hypocrisy and attempting to “divert attention from serious human rights violations that are committed daily in its own territory and the world.”
He referred to the treatment of Haitian migrants under the administration of US President Joe Biden, with photographs last week showing border patrol guards whipping a group as they tried to cross the Rio Grande in Texas.
This abuse, Mr Rodriguez said, displayed “a repugnant expression of racist contempt for the people of Latin America and the Caribbean.”
Washington has pumped millions of dollars into opposition groups and media organisations inside Cuba, as part of its efforts at regime change.
In July street protests were seen in the capital Havana due to the dire economic situation which is a result of a six-decade-long US embargo which has cost the economy $754 billion (£544bn) since 1959.
It was accompanied by a social media campaign using the hashtag #SOSCuba, emanating from bot accounts, which was subsequently amplified through mainstream media organisations.
Britain’s liberal Guardian newspaper claimed a photo it had published of protesters at the statue of Maximo Gomez in Havana was an anti-government rally. But the newspaper had to apologise after it was highlighted that the picture actually showed supporters of the Cuban revolution.
As tensions escalated, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez called for US air strikes and pressed the case for military intervention to force regime change on the socialist island.
