The US government imposed sanctions on senior Cuban officials who said the US government committed human rights abuses during the July crackdown on protests. The BBC News He writes, the US is also studying how to make the Internet permanently available to Cubans in the island nation.
Cuba blamed the protests and the economic sanctions it imposed on the United States and the serious problems plaguing the country. On the other hand, the United States expressed its support for the Cuban people in asserting their rights. It is clear that the protesters blamed the Cuban government for the collapse of the economy, the lack of food and medicine, the increase in prices and the insufficient response to the coronavirus epidemic.
The sanctions announced on Thursday are mainly Alvaro Lopez Peace Targeting the Cuban Defense Minister and members of the Interior Ministry’s special forces, blocking American accounts and stopping dealings with Americans.
Joe Biden The President of the United States said:
This is only the beginning. The United States will continue to punish those responsible for the oppression of the Cuban people.
According to local white sources, Joe Biden could increase the number of staff at the US Embassy in Havana in the near future. Earlier this week, the White House also formed an informal working group to discuss how Cubans living abroad could send money home in a way that bypasses the Cuban government-controlled banks.
We wrote more about the Cuban riots that began in mid-July:
