HAVANA, Jul 13 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Cuban President, Miguel Diaz-Canel, yesterday accused the United States of attempting to stoke social unrest on the island, where violence broke out in several towns on Sunday.
The president, who, on Sunday, called on loyalists “to take to the streets to defend the revolution,” appeared again on national radio and television channels, accompanied by members of his cabinet and the politburo of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC).
Diaz-Canel said, he was taking to the airwaves “to clarify that a whole group of interests in recent weeks and in recent hours has tried … to discredit the work of the government, to discredit the work of the revolution.”
The first secretary of the PCC Central Committee said, his appearance had been planned for days, to “provide information” to the people, about the situation in the country, which is undergoing shortages of food, medicine, and fuel.
Diaz-Canel accused the United States of seeking to stoke social unrest in Cuba, when the country is experiencing its worst COVID-19 outbreak.
He highlighted the efforts made by the government, to tackle the pandemic, particularly in the western province of Matanzas, which has become the epicentre of the outbreak in Cuba.
In response to the unrest and Diaz-Canel’s call for solidarity, thousands of Cubans took to the streets on Sunday, to show their support for the government.– NNN-PRENSA LATINA
