{"id":593454,"date":"2021-07-16T11:36:38","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T15:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=593454"},"modified":"2021-07-16T11:36:40","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T15:36:40","slug":"gov-desantis-pressures-biden-to-keep-internet-in-cuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-desantis-pressures-biden-to-keep-internet-in-cuba\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. DeSantis pressures Biden to keep internet in Cuba"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fgov-desantis-pressures-biden-to-keep-internet-in-cuba%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=593454&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 id=\"attachment_2458608\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2458608\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis takes part in a roundtable discussion about the uprising in Cuba at the American Museum of the Cuba Diaspora on July 13, 2021 in Miami, Fla. (Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 8:35 AM PT \u2013 Friday, July 16, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has called on Joe Biden to keep internet for Cubans after the communist dictatorship shut off access to the web during mass protests. Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, Gov. DeSantis said restoring communication is one of the best ways to help protestors amid their ongoing fight for freedom.<\/p>\n<p>While Biden claimed he is still considering whether this is even an option, DeSantis asserted the U.S. has the technology to deliver, but time is running out. Internet blackouts on the island are making it difficult for protestors to organize and in return, is preventing them from exposing the government\u2019s abuses to the rest of the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe one thing that communist regimes fear the most is the truth and if we\u2019re able to help Cubans communicate with one another, also communicate to the outside world, that truth is going to matter,\u201d expressed DeSantis.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The one thing that communist regimes fear the most is the truth. If we\u2019re able to help the people of Cuba communicate amongst themselves and to the outside world, the truth will prevail.  I am calling on President Biden to step up and help provide internet to the Cuban people. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pFJCkFJYGk\">pic.twitter.com\/pFJCkFJYGk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovRonDeSantis\/status\/1415759109442392071?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, Florida Sen. Rick Scott (R) agreed and suggested internet on the island is key to giving Cubans a chance at freedom. DeSantis and Scotts\u2019 message has resonated with numerous Floridians, like Julia Penton who is currently unable to video chat with at least 30 of her family members in Cuba due to internet blackouts.<\/p>\n<p>While it\u2019s unclear if the White House will improve internet access in Cuba, the governor of Florida has vowed to do whatever he can on a state level to assist the effort and is urging Americans to stand with those seeking freedom from a brutal reign of communist oppression.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/biden-marks-rollout-of-child-tax-credit\/\">Biden Marks Rollout Of Child Tax Credit<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis takes part in a roundtable discussion about the uprising in Cuba at the American Museum of the Cuba Diaspora on July 13, 2021 in Miami, Fla. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"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-593454","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\/593454","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593454\/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=593454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}