{"id":243994,"date":"2021-09-24T09:58:06","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T13:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=243994"},"modified":"2021-09-24T09:58:06","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T13:58:06","slug":"biden-says-he-supports-those-who-fight-for-democracy-in-cuba-and-the-cuban-government-responds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba-usa\/biden-says-he-supports-those-who-fight-for-democracy-in-cuba-and-the-cuban-government-responds\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden says he supports those who fight for democracy in Cuba and the Cuban government responds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U.S. President <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joe Biden<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> said this Tuesday that he supports the protesters and activists who, in his opinion, keep democracy \u201calive\u201d in countries like Cuba and Venezuela, in his first speech before the UN General Assembly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His words provoked a quick reaction from the Cuban government, on whose behalf Foreign Minister Bruno Rodr\u00edguez said that the U.S. president \u201clacks moral authority\u201d to promote initiatives in favor of peace, and criticized him for \u201cdividing the world between those who submit to him and those who defend with dignity their sovereign right to self-determination.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe authoritarianism of the world may seek to proclaim the end of the age of democracy. The truth is: the democratic world is everywhere,\u201d said Biden at the UN, quoted by the Spanish agency EFE.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt lives in the anti-corruption activists, the human rights defenders, the journalists, the peace protestors on the frontlines of this struggle in Belarus, Burma, Syria, Cuba, Venezuela, and everywhere in between,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That was, according to EFE, Biden\u2019s only reference to Latin America and the Caribbean during his first speech to the UN, beyond an allusion to the work of his government with the Organization of American States (OAS) to improve health and economic opportunities on the continent.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"KxhRzXQrzf\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba-ee-uu\/canciller-cubano-rechaza-sanciones-de-eeuu-a-militares-por-las-protestas-de-julio\/\">Canciller cubano rechaza sanciones de EEUU a militares por las protestas de julio<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00abCanciller cubano rechaza sanciones de EEUU a militares por las protestas de julio\u00bb \u2014 OnCubaNews\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba-ee-uu\/canciller-cubano-rechaza-sanciones-de-eeuu-a-militares-por-las-protestas-de-julio\/embed\/#?secret=FvFLtcy6yS#?secret=KxhRzXQrzf\" data-secret=\"KxhRzXQrzf\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Democratic president delivered his speech on the first day of annual debates of the UN General Assembly, which has brought together around a hundred international leaders in New York despite the pandemic, with an agenda marked by COVID-19, the climate crisis and the situation in Afghanistan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Biden also referred to these issues, as well as others of international events and, in particular, those that are directly related to his country. However, according to the international media, his speech was largely a plea in favor of democracy, which he described as \u201cthe best tool\u201d there is to \u201cunleash our full human potential.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe future will belong to those who embrace human dignity, not trample it,\u201d said the president, who despite his allegation against those who \u201cseek to suffocate their people with an iron hand,\u201d assured that he is not interested in a \u201cnew Cold War\u201d with authoritarian countries like China, nor in \u201ca world divided into rigid blocs.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Biden\u2019s speech was replicated by the Cuban foreign minister on his Twitter account. In a series of tweets in Spanish and English, Bruno Rodr\u00edguez affirmed that the U.S. president \u201clacks the moral authority to promote any initiative in the UN that mobilizes a genuine effort by the international community in favor of peace, human dignity and development.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Gobierno del Pdte Biden carece de autoridad moral para impulsar iniciativa alguna en la ONU que movilice un esfuerzo genuino de la comunidad internacional a favor de la paz, la dignidad humana y el desarrollo.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UNGA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UNGA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bruno Rodr\u00edguez P (@BrunoRguezP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrunoRguezP\/status\/1440321462015987721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cuban foreign minister stated that Washington \u201cmakes a serious mistake, with consequences for all, in its effort to divide the world between those who submit to it and those who defend with dignity their sovereign right to self-determination,\u201d and that \u201cthe disguised application of the wrong and dangerous foreign policy of (Donald) Trump\u201d by the current U.S. government commits him \u201cwith the same responsibility for the damage to international peace and stability, and its grave consequences.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">La aplicaci\u00f3n disimulada de la pol\u00edtica exterior errada y peligrosa de Trump por Pdte Biden compromete al actual gobierno de EEUU con la misma responsabilidad por el da\u00f1o a la paz y la estabilidad internacional, y sus graves consecuencias.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UNGA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UNGA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bruno Rodr\u00edguez P (@BrunoRguezP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrunoRguezP\/status\/1440324994127433743?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the opinion of the Cuban foreign minister, \u201cBiden knows well that the greatest threat to the United States, in its \u2018backyard,\u2019 is that of the political polarization and extremism that is spreading within its own territory. And that, for the region, represents the imperialist Monroe Doctrine.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, Rodr\u00edguez reiterated that \u201cthe Trump administration identified COVID 19 as an ally in its ruthless blockade against Cuba and added 60 new sanctions during the pandemic\u201d and said he was amazed that Biden, \u201cwho continues its application, alleges concern about the impact of COVID 19 for all the peoples.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Gobierno de Trump identific\u00f3 a la COVID 19 como aliada en su bloqueo despiadado contra Cuba y a\u00f1adi\u00f3 60 nuevas sanciones durante pandemia. Asombra que el Pdte Biden, que contin\u00faa su aplicaci\u00f3n, alegue procupaci\u00f3n por el impacto de la COVID 19 para todos los pueblos. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UNGA76?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UNGA76<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bruno Rodr\u00edguez P (@BrunoRguezP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrunoRguezP\/status\/1440334827513806862?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the rapprochement promoted between the two governments in the second term of Barack Obama \u2014 during which Biden was vice president \u2014 bilateral relations notably receded with the arrival of Donald Trump to the White House.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The election of the current president was expected to change the course imposed by the Republican administration, but so far the measures 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