{"id":592082,"date":"2021-07-15T12:51:03","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T16:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=592082"},"modified":"2021-07-15T12:51:05","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T16:51:05","slug":"black-lives-matter-comes-to-castro-regimes-defense-amid-cuba-unrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-lives-matter-comes-to-castro-regimes-defense-amid-cuba-unrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Lives Matter Comes to Castro Regime\u2019s Defense Amid Cuba Unrest"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fblack-lives-matter-comes-to-castro-regimes-defense-amid-cuba-unrest%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=592082&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\/07\/2021-07-12T045433Z_1_LYNXMPEH6B04C_RTROPTP_4_CUBA-PROTEST-scaled-e1626112706589.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Black Lives Matter activists blamed the U.S. government, not the Castro regime, for the anti-regime&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/cuba-cuts-internet-access-amid-anti-communist-protests\/\">protests<\/a> that have rocked Cuba.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation accused the United States of having instituted an economic embargo &#8220;with the explicit intention of destabilizing the country and undermining Cubans&#8217; right to choose their own government,&#8221; a move the foundation said was &#8220;at the heart of the crisis.&#8221; The group praised Cuba&#8217;s &#8220;strong medical care&#8221; and implied that American policy was linked to racial animus.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The U.S. government has only instigated suffering for the country&#8217;s 11 million \u2013 of which 4 million are Black and Brown,&#8221; the foundation said in an Instagram post.<\/p>\n<p>The statement echoes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/07\/11\/world\/americas\/cuba-crisis-protests.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rhetoric<\/a> from Cuban president and Communist Party first secretary Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel, who blamed the United States for the protests even as his government shut off the internet, deployed anti-riot squads, and began <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/07\/11\/world\/americas\/cuba-crisis-protests.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arresting<\/a>&nbsp;artists who attempted to get on television.<\/p>\n<p>Cuban-American lawmakers, including Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.), condemned Black Lives Matter for defending the communist regime.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The extortionist ring known as the Black Lives Matter organization took a break today from shaking down corporations for millions &amp; buying themselves mansions to share their support for the Communist regime in&nbsp;Cuba,&#8221; he wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.5512367491166\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The extortionist ring known as the Black Lives Matter organization took a break today from shaking down corporations for millions &amp; buying themselves mansions to share their support for the Communist regime in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cuba?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cuba<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xir94EIJ4X\">https:\/\/t.co\/xir94EIJ4X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcorubio\/status\/1415549783213846528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Black Lives Matter has faced intense criticism in recent months following revelations that cofounder Patrisse Cullors, who calls herself a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/06\/25\/blm-co-founder-describes-herself-as-trained-marxist\/ target=\" rel=\"noopener\">trained Marxist<\/a>,&#8221; purchased four homes worth in total $3.2 million as the foundation raked in corporate and small-dollar donations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Lives Matter activists blamed the U.S. government, not the Castro regime, for the anti-regime\u00a0protests that have rocked Cuba. 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