总统乔·拜登星期一，我们声援成千上万的人古巴上周末，ns抗议大米短缺和价格上涨食物和医学冠状病毒被称为对岛国政府前所未有的排斥。
拜登周一在白宫会议上对记者发表讲话，谈到了他所说的古巴“要求从独裁政权中获得自由”的“非凡抗议”
“我不认为我们在很长很长的时间里见过这样的抗议——如果，坦白地说，从来没有。美国坚定地支持古巴人民维护他们的普遍权利，我们呼吁古巴政府不要使用暴力，不要试图压制古巴人民的声音。
古巴共产党领导人已经谴责抗议活动是古巴持不同政见者和美国政府的“系统性挑衅”，鼓励其支持者进行反抗议，并派遣武装部队上街游行，冒着与示威者发生冲突的风险。
拜登在周一早些时候的一份声明中表示，“我们与古巴人民站在一起，他们响亮地呼吁自由和救济，摆脱大流行病的悲惨控制，摆脱古巴独裁政权对他们数十年的压迫和经济苦难。”
“古巴人民正在勇敢地维护基本和普遍的权利。这些权利，包括和平抗议的权利和自由决定自己未来的权利，必须得到尊重。美国呼吁古巴政权在这个关键时刻倾听人民的呼声，满足他们的需求，而不是让自己变得富裕。
周日在古巴多个城市举行的抗议活动是古巴近代史上最大的反政府示威活动之一，拜登曾被要求对抗议活动表示支持。
虽然他帮助奥巴马政府努力缓解与古巴的紧张关系，重新开放贸易和旅行，但拜登保留了前总统唐纳德·特朗普对美国的近邻和长期对手的大部分制裁和限制。
美国政府表示，它仍在审查其对古巴的政策，这引起了民主党进步人士的愤怒，但由于这些几乎前所未有的示威活动，它可能不得不以比预期更快的速度采取行动。
到目前为止，政府表示支持古巴人民和平集会的权利，并谴责任何暴力行为。在拜登发表声明之前，负责西半球事务的代理助理国务卿朱莉·钟和拜登的国家安全顾问杰克·沙利文也表达了这一观点。
美国支持古巴各地的言论和集会自由，并将强烈谴责任何针对行使普遍权利的和平抗议者的暴力或袭击。https://t.co/FjI8bUHoQE
—杰克·沙利文(@JakeSullivan46)2021年7月12日
古巴总统米格尔·迪亚斯-卡内尔在周一的电视讲话中承认公众对停电、食品和药品短缺的不满，但他将这个岛国的问题归咎于美国长期的封锁，并指责美国“帝国主义者”在社交媒体上煽动紧张局势。
“昨天，古巴度过了最英勇的一天。数千名爱国人士捍卫革命，”他在国家电视台上说，指的是周日晚些时候在哈瓦那举行的亲政府示威，据美联社报道，人数约为300人。
“我们不想伤害我们敬爱的人民，”迪亚斯-卡内尔补充道，他于2019年就任总统，今年4月成为古巴共产党第一任书记，正式接替劳尔·卡斯特罗。
古巴外交部长布鲁诺·罗德里格斯·帕里利亚(Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla)周一发表了更尖锐的言论，回击了沙利文和钟支持抗议的言论，称白宫“没有谈论古巴的政治或道德权威。”
“他的政府已经拨款数亿美元来促进我们国家的颠覆活动&实施种族灭绝式的封锁，这是经济匮乏的主要原因，”他说发推，直接引用沙利文的说法。
古巴正在经历几十年来最严重的经济危机，去年经济萎缩了两位数。但是伴随着经济危机，这个国家正在应对另一次致命的新冠肺炎激增。
Biden backs Cuban protests as island's president blames 'imperialist' provocations
PresidentJoe Bidenon Monday stood in solidarity with the thousands ofCubans who protested over the weekend about shortages and rising prices forfoodand medicine amid thecoronaviruspandemic in what's being called an unprecedented rejection of the island nation's government.
Biden, speaking to reporters at a White House meeting Monday, addressed what he called "the remarkable protests" in Cuba of people "demanding their freedom from an authoritarian regime."
"And I don't think we've seen anything like this protest in a long, long time -- if, quite frankly, ever. And the United States stands firmly with the people of Cuba as they assert their universal rights, and we call on the government, the government of Cuba, to refrain from violence and their attempts to silence the voice of the people of Cuba," he said.
Cuba's communist leadership has already denounced the protests as a "systemic provocation" by Cuban dissidents and the U.S. government, encouraged its supporters to counter-protest, and sent its armed forces into the streets, risking clashes with demonstrators.
In a statement earlier Monday, Biden said, "We stand with the Cuban people and their clarion call for freedom and relief from the tragic grip of the pandemic and from the decades of repression and economic suffering to which they have been subjected by Cuba's authoritarian regime."
"The Cuban people are bravely asserting fundamental and universal rights. Those rights, including the right of peaceful protest and the right to freely determine their own future, must be respected. The United States calls on the Cuban regime to hear their people and serve their needs at this vital moment rather than enriching themselves," he said.
Sunday's protests, in several cities across the island, are some of the biggest anti-government demonstrations in Cuba's recent history, and Biden had been called on to show support for the protests.
While he helped the Obama administration's efforts to ease tensions with Cuba and reopen trade and travel, Biden has kept most of former President Donald Trump's sanctions and restrictions in place on America's close neighbor and longtime adversary.
The administration says it is still reviewing its Cuba policy, earning the ire of progressives in the Democratic Party, but with these nearly unprecedented demonstrations, it may have to move more quickly than it hoped.
So far, the administration has voiced support for the Cuban people's right to peacefully assemble and condemned any violence. Prior to Biden's statement, acting Assistant Secretary of State for the Western Hemisphere Julie Chung and Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan weighed in with that sentiment.
The U.S. supports freedom of expression and assembly across Cuba, and would strongly condemn any violence or targeting of peaceful protesters who are exercising their universal rights.https://t.co/FjI8bUHoQE
— Jake Sullivan (@JakeSullivan46)July 12, 2021
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel acknowledged public grievances over blackouts and food and medicine shortages during a televised address Monday, but he blamed the island nation's problems on the long-standing U.S. embargo and accused American "imperialists" of stoking tensions on social media.
"Yesterday, Cuba lived the most heroic day. Thousands of patriotic people defend the Revolution," he said on state television, referring to pro-government demonstrations in Havana later on Sunday that numbered around 300, according to the Associated Press.
"We do not want to hurt our beloved people," added Díaz-Canel, who assumed the presidency in 2019 and became the first secretary of the Cuban Communist Party this April, officially taking over for Raúl Castro.
Cuba's Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla had even sharper words Monday, firing back at Sullivan and Chung's statements of support for protests by saying the White House has "no political or moral authority to speak about Cuba."
"His government has allocated hundreds of millions of dollars to promote subversion in our country & implements a genocidal blockade, which is the main cause of economic scarcities," hetweeted, referring directly to Sullivan's statement.
Cuba is going through its worst economic crisis in decades, with its economy contracting by double-digits last year. But along with the economic crisis, the country is dealing with another deadly surge of COVID-19.
