After the protests and the crackdown in Cuba, dictator Miguel Díaz-Canel said “the protesters got the response they deserved”

The dictator Miguel Diaz Canel He said on Monday that the day before, during which thousands of Cubans demonstrated against the regime, was historic, but not for opponents but for the “defense of the revolution” led by supporters of the regime.

“A hug to our heroic and beloved Cuban people, who yesterday a significant part of their children played in one of the most historic days of the defense of the Revolution“, He indicated from the Palace of the Revolution, surrounded by the political office of Castro, in a press conference which he assured to have been planned for days. The president said Sunday’s massive protests across Cuba were aimed at “shattering the unity of our people.”

Thousands of Cubans took to the streets on Sunday to protest the government, shouting “freedom!” in an unprecedented day that resulted in dozens of arrests and clashes after Díaz-Canel – also on television – ordered his supporters to come out to confront the protesters and defend the Revolution.

“Yesterday we saw criminals. The proposal was not peaceful, there was vandalism, currency stores were stoned, items were stolenDiaz-Canel criticized in the TV show. “Sunday is the day of rest for families, they wanted to alter the tranquility in the midst of a pandemic. Isn’t that cruel, brutal, genocidal? In view of this, they got the answer they deserved, just like they got in VenezuelaHe added, alluding to the brutal crackdown led by Chavismo, which left hundreds dead in 2017.

“It is legitimate that we have dissatisfactionBut we must be able to discern where they want to manipulate us, where they want to divide us, ”commented the secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba. “Those who want to appear as saviors are not interested in the health of the people or the nutrition of the people. They want to change a system to impose the regime of privatization of public services, one which gives more possibilities to a rich minority and not to the majority, which does not take into account the interests and needs of all “, he added. he adds.

In this context, the president singled out the United States for its “policy of economic suffocation to provoke social outbreaks in the country”.

The Castro leader wondered what these “discontents” were mounting and replied: “To the electrical problem, which is a reality. The shortage of food and medicine, and the problem of stores with sales in foreign currency. All these problems that we have today in our society, what is the origin, the cause? it’s the blockade, ”he said, referring to the US embargo.

Díaz-Canel also compared the situation with the Venezuelan “guarimbas” and commented that the dictator Nicolás Maduro was one of the first to call him on Sunday afternoon to offer his support and solidarity.

Speaking of pandemic figures, he admitted the island is experiencing a spike in cases and deaths, but qualified the situation by comparing it to figures in other countries. “To those who care about the situation in Cuba with honesty, solidarity and support, understanding that we are in the most complex phase of Cuba, we accept and appreciate it. But to the one who also hypocritically added to these campaigns says that this country needs humanitarian intervention, it is this one that we have to worry about, ”he said.

Rogelio Polanco, member of the secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, head of the ideological department of the CPC, also spoke to respond to the protests and quoted the late leader Hugo Chávez, defining the situation as an attempt to “” coup. Continuous state ”and an“ unconventional war ”. “There is no strategy or technology that can against the unity of the people, when there is an organized society aware of its objectives as a nation and of its history,” he added.

Responding to the first press question on the power cuts, the President and the Minister of Energy attributed the cuts to the breakdowns of the main thermoelectric power plants on the island and to the increase in energy demand, for s’ ensure thereafter that the stability of the service will be restored from this Tuesday.

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