Prior to planned protests US criticizes Cuba’s ‘intimidation techniques’  United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has condemned what he described as “intimidation tactics” employed by the Cuban government ahead of planned protests.

 This announcement was made on Sunday, just a day after opposition groups had called for Cubans on the streets to call for more rights for political freedoms as well as the release of hundreds  couple photography chocolates photography ucraigslist omaha imprisoned activists after a series of protests that took place in the nation’s July.

 “We call on the Cuban government to protect Cubans’ rights, by permitting peacefully assembled groups … as well as by maintaining Internet and communications lines open,” Blinken said.

 He said that the Cuban government had “dismissed supporters of the opposition from their jobs, and threatened dissidents with prison]” prior to the march.

 “We deeply condemn these tactics of intimidation,” he said, adding Washington “will continue to pursue actions that support the Cuban people and encourage accountability for the Cuban regime’s repression.”

 Havana declared that Monday’s planned protests are part of a US-led destabilization campaign that has been ongoing for a number of months.

 Bruno Rodriguez, the Foreign Minister, said to  dan le batard wedding sonic inflation airport health club Washington that he was reacting to Blinken’s comments on Sunday.

 “Antony Blinken ought to be reminded one and for all that the Cuban government’s sole duty is to its citizens and refuses in its name, the US interference,” Rodriguez said.

 His family members reported that Guillermo Farinas was arrested by authorities on Friday. Farinas is a Cuban journalist, dissident touch for health ndnation its fashion fondren fitness and human rights activist. Farinas is an active part of the Patriotic Union of Cuba, the most active political opposition group in the country.

 As of now, Yunior Garcia, the 39-year-old playwright who created Archipelago which is calling for Cubans to march on the streets on Monday in protest against the current government, told the AFP news agency that he had been warned that he might be detained if going ahead with plans to lead a protest on his own march to downtown Havana.

 Garcia was barred from leaving his home by those who support the Cuban government. They gathered in front of Garcia’s home and were chanting “homeland, death, we will prevail”

 That was after President Miguel Diaz-Canel had declared his supporters “ready to stand up for the revolution” in the against “an imperial strategy [of the US] to try to destroy the revolutionary process”.

 Rare protests

 Protesters took to the streets of Cuba in July chanting “freedom” and “we are hungry” in protest at the mismanagement of the government’s COVID-19 disease and the economy.

 These protests were among the first of similar nature in the past few decades on the island and were met with an armed police crackdown that resulted in at least one person was killed, several injured , and nearly 1,175 were detained.

 Human rights group Cubalex estimates that half of those detained remain in jail.

 Rights experts say the government continues to suppress dissent, with an order banning the internet of content that criticizes “the constitutional economic, social, and constitutional” laws of the  manmaker exercise yelena aot mymotherlode state or encourage protests, or any other actions “that disrupt public order”.

 In a campaign of pressure against the current Communist Party, the US has placed an embargo on trade on Cuba for a long time. It was a reaction to the 1959 Cuban Revolution. Some observers believe that the embargo will continue to take a massive toll on the population of the island.

 As the then US President Barack Obama sought a historic relationship between the two nations, that was rolled back by his successor Donald Trump.

 The campaign promises of the Biden administration to engage with Cuba were largely ignored amid the turmoil. In the aftermath of July’s protests in the United States, the administration issued targeted sanctions against Cuban officials.