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Biden says U.S. stands with Cuban protesters, but officials deflect policy criticism Tracy Wilkinson © (Yamil Lage / Getty Images) A man is arrested during an anti-government demonstration in Havana on Sunday. (Yamil Lage / Getty Images) U.S. officials Monday pledged to stand firmly with Cubans who have unleashed a rare, robust wave of protest and called on the Havana government to refrain from a violent crackdown, even as authorities there shut down the internet and deployed counter-demonstrators into the streets. “The Cuban people are demanding their freedom from an authoritarian regime, President Biden said, deeming it a clarion call for liberty. I don’t think we’ve seen anything like these protests in a long, long time, if, quite frankly, ever.”

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