Statement By President Biden About Sunday Protests In The Republic Of Cuba

The White House
Washington DC
12 July 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Statement by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on Protests in Cuba

We stand with the Cuban people and their clarion call for freedom and relief from the tragic grip of the pandemic and from the decades of repression and economic suffering to which they have been subjected by Cuba's authoritarian regime. The Cuban people are bravely asserting fundamental and universal rights. Those rights, including the right of peaceful protest and the right to freely determine their own future, must be respected. The United States calls on the Cuban regime to hear their people and serve their needs at this vital moment rather than enriching themselves.”

Analysis

The demonstrations create pressure upon the Biden Administration to complete its Republic of Cuba Policy Review and then implement the recommendations of its Republic of Cuba Policy Review. Some members of the United States Congress will ask "what is being done to support those who protest?"

The government of the Republic of Cuba may benefit from the demonstrations because it is seeking from the Biden Administration any change to existing policies and regulations- and believes that regardless of the intention of those policies and regulations, the government of the Republic of Cuba can create value from them rather than endure pressures from them. May seem counterintuitive....

The relationship between the Republic of Cuba and the United States has never been defined by a moment, but rather a series of moments.