{"id":592022,"date":"2021-07-15T11:51:11","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T15:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=592022"},"modified":"2021-07-15T11:51:12","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T15:51:12","slug":"they-are-not-afraid-pompeo-calls-on-biden-to-fully-support-cuba-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/they-are-not-afraid-pompeo-calls-on-biden-to-fully-support-cuba-protesters\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018They Are Not Afraid\u2019: Pompeo Calls On Biden To Fully Support Cuba Protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthey-are-not-afraid-pompeo-calls-on-biden-to-fully-support-cuba-protesters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=592022&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Mike-Pompeo-scaled-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged the Biden administration to support widespread anti-communism protests in Cuba.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Writing for the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/aclj.org\/foreign-policy\/the-american-people-must-stand-with-the-people-of-cuba-as-they-demand-freedom\"><span>American Center for Law and Justice<\/span><\/a><span>, Pompeo noted that the policy of loosening restrictions on the Cuban regime was unproductive under the Obama administration. He urged Biden officials to avoid the same mistakes:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"17\">\n<p><i><span>These protests are significant, and how the Biden Administration chooses to respond to them is of paramount importance to Cuba\u2019s future. The Obama Administration, of which much of Team Biden was a part, sought to ease relations with the communist regime. It loosened restrictions on trade, telecommunications, and financial services, all of which made the Castro government and its cronies richer at the expense of the Cuban people. It normalized diplomatic relations with the regime, giving it a legitimacy that it could never have hoped to obtain in previous years. Top Obama officials even attended the funeral of Fidel Castro. And others on the Left, like Bernie Sanders, have even expressed sympathy for the communist regime.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Pompeo also refuted the claim that Cubans are protesting out of concern over rising COVID-19 infections \u2014 an assertion that has been affirmed by Biden officials:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"10\">\n<p><i><span>They perhaps should be reminded that in Cuba, the right of the people to peacefully assemble is not protected by the government. And protestors to COVID don\u2019t waive American flags and shout \u201cfreedom.\u201d The regime did not allow these protests to take place; it was simply caught off guard. Over the past few days, this \u201cright to peaceful assembly\u201d has been brutally and violently suppressed by the Castro regime. The Internet is shut down across the country to ensure protesters cannot communicate. And those protestors injured in the protests by the police are being denied medical care. It\u2019s textbook authoritarian communism.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Pompeo concluded by noting that American leaders ought to affirm the civil liberties of the Cuban people:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"9\">\n<p><i><span>The people of Cuba want their God-given rights as human beings respected and honored by their government\u2026 They are \u201cnot afraid\u201d to fight to ensure their children have a better future, because such an aspiration is an impossibility if the current regime does not change or reform. Such courage in the name of freedom should be an inspiration to all Americans \u2014 especially to America\u2019s leaders \u2014 and should motivate us to do what we can to ensure the failed Castro regime finally comes to an end.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Several American lawmakers \u2014 many of whom are of Cuban descent \u2014 are likewise urging the Biden administration to oppose Cuban communism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Rep. Mario D\u00edaz-Balart (R-FL) <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/the-cuban-people-will-be-free-congressman-introduces-resolution-to-support-cuban-protests-only-republicans-sign-on\"><span>proposed<\/span><\/a><span> a resolution to endorse the Cuban people\u2019s petitions against \u201cthe brutal oppression of the Communist dictatorship in Cuba.\u201d Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) \u2014 a member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs \u2014 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cuban-american-congresswoman-calls-on-biden-to-support-anti-communism-protesters\"><span>told<\/span><\/a><span> President Biden that \u201cthe United States must stand with the Cuban people who are displaying courage by protesting the communist regime that has destroyed their lives for the last 60 years.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Meanwhile, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/desantis-presses-biden-to-provide-internet-access-to-cuban-protesters-amid-communist-crackdown\"><span>pressed<\/span><\/a><span> Biden to offer internet service to the island after the regime began turning off access: \u201cThe Cuban people have lost their ability to communicate with one another, and many Floridians born in Cuba have no information on the safety of their loved ones. Equally as important, the world has also lost the ability to see what is happening on the ground as the Cuban people rise in support of freedom.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged the Biden administration to support widespread anti-communism protests in Cuba.Writing for the American Center for Law and Justice, Pompeo noted that the policy &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-592022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=592022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=592022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=592022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}