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protests they re yelling freedom in the streets. it has been 62 years they ve been denied freedoms. they don t have free and fair elections. dissent is not allowed in the island. miguel diaz-canel, the president, has called on cubans to turn against one another, has essentially or in order their position of power. what a lot of republicans and democrats, hallie, because there won t be much light between bob menendez and marco rubio on this issue, what people are calling for is for the biden administration to make strong statements, to rally diplomatic support from other countries. well, on that point it will even be congressman, on that point literally as you were delivering that answer, we have a statement now from president biden that was just delivered from the white house. i want to read it to you and i want to read it to our viewers here as we re having this conversation here. the president saying, i will
these protests are not only about covid and food shortages in the country. they are about basic human rights. the cuban people want the freedoms that we enjoy here in the united states, and certainly president biden did capture that in his statement. you also, you know, can t talk about what is happening in cuba right now without talking about the sanctions that the trump administration put in place and the impact on that. there s also the question that some have been asking, you know, about why now, why at this moment. while covid and the pandemic is obviously not to blame for the entirety of these demonstrations, it does seem to be in some ways the spark that lit the match over the last 24 hours or so. well, certainly. covid, the food shortages, the regime s mishandling of the pandemic catalyzed these protests, but if you hear the