Cubans Stage Rare Street Protests, , Call for Cuban President to Step Down.<br />Thousands took to the streets in Havana <br />and other Cuban cities on July 11 ...<br />to protest the nation's dire economic and <br />social conditions that have been exacerbated <br />by the COVID-19 pandemic.<br />Protestors were recorded chanting "freedom" and calling <br />for Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel to step down.<br />Díaz-Canel called for a crackdown <br />on the protests. .<br />The order to combat has been given. Revolutionaries need to be on <br />the streets, Miguel Díaz-Canel, President of Cuba, via CNN.<br />He addressed the nation on television, blaming <br />the economic crisis on U.S. trade sanctions.<br />In some areas, protests turned violent <br />as police used tear gas and made arrests of <br />protestors who in turn threw rocks.<br />Cuban Americans in Miami also took to <br />the streets in support of the protests.<br />On July 12, U.S. President Joe Biden issued <br />a statement in support of the protestors. .<br />We stand with the Cuban people and their clarion call for freedom and relief from the tragic grip of <br />the pandemic .., President Joe Biden, via CNN.<br />... and from the decades of repression and economic suffering to which they have been subjected by Cuba's authoritarian regime, President Joe Biden, via CNN
