HAVANA: Cuba’s authorities on Monday protested as interventionist feedback from the U.S. Embassy on the island following demonstrations in opposition to energy blackouts and meals shortages by a whole lot of individuals in japanese Cuba.
Cuba’s International Ministry delivered a observe expressing the criticism to the cost d’affaires on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Havana, Benjamin Ziff.
On Sunday, protesters took to the streets within the japanese metropolis of Santiago decrying energy outages lasting as much as eight hours and shortages of meals. State media confirmed the protests in Santiago, whereas the U.S. Embassy in Havana stated there have been additionally stories of protests in various different provinces throughout the island.
Movies exhibiting individuals chanting “electrical energy and meals” have been shortly shared by Cubans on and off the island on platforms like X and Fb. A nongovernmental human rights group that screens Cuba stated there had been at the least three arrests.
The U.S. Embassy urged the Cuban authorities to respect the protests in a submit on its Fb web page.
“We urge the Cuban authorities to respect the human rights of the protesters and attend to the respectable wants of the Cuban individuals,” it stated.
On Monday, Cuban Deputy International Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio, chatting with The Related Press, known as the feedback “disrespectful” and an “open interference is Cuba’s home affairs.”
“It was additionally cynical, as we stated publicly, and hypocritical as a result of it was referring to points which can be occurring in Cuba by which there’s an import and duty from the U.S. authorities,” stated Fernandez de Cossio, referring to the longstanding U.S. embargo on the island.
Cuba is going through one of many worst financial and power crises in its historical past. Waves of blackouts have grown worse in latest weeks, including to frustrations over meals shortages and inflation which have made it more and more troublesome to make ends meet on the communist-governed island. Tons of of hundreds of individuals have migrated, with many headed to the USA.
Cuba’s International Ministry delivered a observe expressing the criticism to the cost d’affaires on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Havana, Benjamin Ziff.
On Sunday, protesters took to the streets within the japanese metropolis of Santiago decrying energy outages lasting as much as eight hours and shortages of meals. State media confirmed the protests in Santiago, whereas the U.S. Embassy in Havana stated there have been additionally stories of protests in various different provinces throughout the island.
Movies exhibiting individuals chanting “electrical energy and meals” have been shortly shared by Cubans on and off the island on platforms like X and Fb. A nongovernmental human rights group that screens Cuba stated there had been at the least three arrests.
The U.S. Embassy urged the Cuban authorities to respect the protests in a submit on its Fb web page.
“We urge the Cuban authorities to respect the human rights of the protesters and attend to the respectable wants of the Cuban individuals,” it stated.
On Monday, Cuban Deputy International Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio, chatting with The Related Press, known as the feedback “disrespectful” and an “open interference is Cuba’s home affairs.”
“It was additionally cynical, as we stated publicly, and hypocritical as a result of it was referring to points which can be occurring in Cuba by which there’s an import and duty from the U.S. authorities,” stated Fernandez de Cossio, referring to the longstanding U.S. embargo on the island.
Cuba is going through one of many worst financial and power crises in its historical past. Waves of blackouts have grown worse in latest weeks, including to frustrations over meals shortages and inflation which have made it more and more troublesome to make ends meet on the communist-governed island. Tons of of hundreds of individuals have migrated, with many headed to the USA.
