Russia Blasts US Bid to Provoke Unrest in Cuba as Part of ‘color revolution’

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Russia has lambasted the US over its attempts to provoke social unrest in Cuba as part of a âcolor revolutionâ in the Caribbean country, where anti-government protesters have demanded President Miguel DĂaz-Canelâs resignation.
The protest rallies started in several cities of Cuba over the weekend, drawing thousands of people to the streets to voice their grievances against DĂaz-Canelâs government at a time the island country is going through its worst economic crisis in three decades, with chronic shortages of electricity and food exacerbated by crippling US sanctions.
On Monday, July 12, the Cuban president had blamed the chaotic situation on Washington for pursuing a âpolicy of economic suffocation to provoke social unrest in the country.â
President DĂaz-Canel stressed that the draconian US sanctions in recent years have led to a shortage in medicine, power outages, and other economic difficulties.
During the past six decades, Washington has maintained a harsh economic, financial, and commercial embargo against Cuba. Numerous resolutions by the UN General Assembly have indicated that the blockade is in clear violation of international law.
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On Thursday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said the US is seeking to instigate a color revolution in Cuba. âThe logic is simple here,â she said. âIt has been tested on numerous occasions by Washington in various situations, but everything is one and the same mode of operationâinstigating color revolutions against undesirable regimes.â
âAt first, sanctions are introduced against them, and artificial problems are created or imposed from outside, which complicate the social and economic situation,â added Zakharova. âOn this basis, tensions are provoked, and the anti-government sentiment is stirred up. When a critical mass is reached, the whole blame is laid on the national government. Labels are pinned on it, its activity is discredited and thus the situation nears a collapse.â
Washington has made attempts to use the same scheme in Cuba, the Russian diplomat said.
Zakharova stressed that in spite of all measures by Cuban leaders to support the island countryâs economy and provide assistance to citizens, the US is blaming Havana for the current crisis.
She declared Moscow is baffled by official statements from the White House about the situation in Cuba.
âThey allege that Havana is refusing to accept American assistance, is unwilling to take part in international mechanisms of distributing vaccines, and is carrying out an anti-popular policy in general,â continued Zakharova. âWith surprising impudence, the US portrays the developments in Cuba at all levels, including the official announcement made at the State Department briefing on July 13, as a consequence of the governmentâs mistakes.â
On Wednesday, Cuban Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno RodrĂguez said Washington sought to generate disorder and instability to fracture the constitutional order and social consensus in Cuba and the harmony of Cubans through the use of powerful and sophisticated instruments, particularly in the form of social media campaign.
The anti-government campaign, promoted from US soil through social media, is in fact aimed at triggering riots and destabilizing acts, he said, warning that such irresponsible conduct could have negative implications for the region and even harm the national interests of the US itself.
âThe special cynicism of Washington comes down to the fact that for the entire history of revolutionary Cuba, it deliberately held a strategy of stifling the country, discriminating against its people and destroying the economy,â Zakharova said.
âThe US is talking about humanitarian needs; however, they are escalating tensions and confrontation following their own narrow and selfish interests,â she added.
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Moscow, according to Zakharova, has called on Washington not to meddle in Cubaâs internal affairs and instead remove the persisting blockade on the Caribbean country due to the difficult situation there.
âWe are calling on Washington to take on an objective position finally, to get rid of the hypocrisy and hidden agendas in politics, and to let the Cubans, their government and people, deal with the situation themselves and determine their fate,â the Russian diplomat said. âThere is only one thing required from the US and its supporters: not to interfere in the affairs of a sovereign state,â Zakharova stressed.
She also said that what the US is doing against Cuba represents âanother political play, an example of the well-established American policy of double standards with a selective use of legal norms, and with a biased and different interpretation of the same or similar events.â
Latin Americaâs leaders, political figures, and social organizations have already joined a chorus of support for Havana and Cubans in response to the latest interference and destabilizing attempts by Washington.
The social media campaign is reminiscent of many other regime-change programs directed by the United States, including the 2019 coup dâĂ©tat against Bolivian President Evo Morales and attempted coups against President Maduro of Venezuela.
Featured image: Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, labeled the US-instigated protests in Cuba as signs of a âcolor revolution.â Photo: TASS
(PressTV)