Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Cuba | July 20, 2021

 2 - White House News in Chinese (weebly.com)

ON CUBA, JOE BIDEN SAID HIS ADMINISTRATION IS CHECKING WHETHER IT CAN RESUME INTERNET SERVICE RESTRICTED BY THE REGIME, BUT HE DIDN’T OFFER A MORE EXPANSIVE PLAN TO RESPOND TO SOME OF THE BIGGEST STREET PROTESTS IN YEARS.

Latin America turmoil intrudes in Biden’s focus on China, Europe

US President Joe Biden says his foreign policy focus is on China and frayed alliances in Asia and Europe. But his administration is finding it harder to avoid getting pulled into Latin America’s problems.

Jul 20 - US President Joe Biden says his foreign policy focus is on dealing with the challenges posed by China and rebuilding frayed alliances in Asia and Europe.
Latin America is putting those priorities to a test.

From political protests in Cuba to a presidential assassination in Haiti and the migration crisis on the southern border, the Biden administration is finding it harder to avoid getting pulled into Latin America’s problems. There are few easy solutions of the trouble spots in a region spanning 20 countries and encompassing 660 million people.

Biden’s comments at a press conference Thursday illustrated the dearth of palatable solutions: While US Marines were sent to fortify the US embassy in Haiti, Biden said a broader deployment “is not on the agenda right now.”

And on Cuba, Biden said his administration is checking whether it can resume Internet service restricted by the regime, but he didn’t offer a more expansive plan to respond to some of the biggest street protests in years.

“Cuba is a, unfortunately, a failed state in repressing their citizens,” Biden said. But most US moves to help the Cuban people “would require a different circumstance or a guarantee that they would not be taken advantage of by the government.”

US officials and regional experts say that many of Latin America’s problems have more to do with failures of internal governance, not necessarily issues that the US government can fix...     more


Readout of White House Listening Session with Cuban American Leaders

​JULY 19, 2021•STATEMENTS AND RELEASES

Today, Senior Advisor and Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement Cedric Richmond and Senior Director for the Western Hemisphere for the National Security Council Juan Gonzalez met with Cuban American leaders to listen to their policy recommendations and concerns in light of the recent, unprecedented demonstrations unfolding across Cuba. Administration officials underscored that the White House is monitoring the situation in Cuba closely and that addressing the moment and ongoing situation in Cuba is a top priority for the Administration. They also affirmed what the President said last week: that the demonstrations are the direct result of a failed communist government, and reminded the leaders that the President stands firmly with the people of Cuba. Stakeholders shared what they’ve done over the last week to help elevate the voices of demonstrators in Cuba and provided their recommendations for how the U.S. government can help. Today’s was the latest event in ongoing work the White House has done to reach Cuban American leaders following the historic demonstrations.
Early life

​González was born on October 15, 1947 in Ponce, Puerto Rico[1] to Juan González, who was a veteran of the Puerto Rican 65th Infantry during World War II, and Florinda Rivera de González.[3][4] González was raised in East Harlem and Brooklyn. After a period as editor of his high school newspaper, the Lane Reporter, González attended Columbia College and graduated in the mid-1960s.[5]

At Columbia College he was active in the anti-Vietnam War movement and played a leading role in the protests that shut down the college in spring 1968 as one of three "Strike Central" representatives on the strike coordinating committee.[6]:70 In the student strike that followed the police riot that ended the occupation he continued in this role and in negotiations at the apartment of Eugene Galanter.[6]:94–5 He was a member of Students for a Democratic Society and a founding member of the New York City branch of the Young Lords, serving on its first central committee as its Minister of Education.[7][8]

​In 1981, he was elected president of the National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights, a political organization that concentrated on registering Latino voters.     from Wikipedia



Russia Rejects US Interference in Cuba's Internal Affairs

"We urge Washington to finally adopt an objective position, get rid of the hypocrisy, the double standards," the authorities said.

Jul 15 - Russian Foreign Ministry's spokesperson María Zajárova remarked on Thursday her country's rejection of the  U.S. interference in Cuba's internal affairs.

"We urge Washington to finally adopt an objective position, get rid of the hypocrisy, the double standards. Let the Cubans, their government, and their people realize what is happening and decide their destiny," the official said during a press conference.     source from

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