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We never actually see any regime goons in the interview clip so we’re left to take her word for it. Is it possible that a viral star might fake an incident like this to promote herself? I guess.
Is it possible that Cuban state security actually might show up during a moment of high tension domestically to haul off a well-known critic? Most definitely.
She was on the air with Spanish TV when they allegedly knocked on her door. That was fortuitous, as it’ll be harder for Raul Castro’s puppet, Miguel Diaz-Canel, to deny responsibility now if she ends up going “missing.”
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Friday 8 January 2021
BACK IN BUSINESS: Hours after Trump supporters stormed Capitol Hill in Washington DC on Wednesday, US lawmakers and politicians including Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (both standing under the US flag) completed the task Thursday morning of ratifying the US election results confirming Joe Biden as the next President of the United States. AP PHOTO - J. Scott Applewhite
UNITED States Ambassador Joseph Mondello said on Thursday the US was better than the protests witnessed by the world on Wednesday when supporters of President Trump stormed the US Capitol building in Washington DC as lawmakers and elected officials were ratifying results of the US elections. Four people were killed in the mêlée.
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Iranian president Hassan Rouhani says western democracy is brittle and weak
Iranian president Hassan Rouhani comments on US Capitol storming by Trump supporters. Photograph: Iranian presidential office/EPA
Iranian president Hassan Rouhani comments on US Capitol storming by Trump supporters. Photograph: Iranian presidential office/EPA
Thu 7 Jan 2021 09.12 EST
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In much of the world, the scenes that played out in Washington on Wednesday prompted shock, horror and anguish.
But in Moscow, Beijing and other capitals where autocratic governments have been subjected to frequent US criticism, there was a good dose of schadenfreude at the chaotic footage of protesters overrunning Congress. The events were also held up by many authoritarian governments as proof of a long-held insistence that the US is in no place to give other nations lectures on democracy.