Category: Cuba

Spain Demands Immediate Release of ABC Reporter Detained in Cuba

MADRID—Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares called on Cuba on Tuesday to immediately release Camila Acosta, a journalist detained in Havana on Monday after covering civil unrest in the country for Spanish newspaper ABC. “Spain defends the right to demonstrate freely and peacefully and asks the Cuban authorities to respect it. … We demand the…


Cuba Accused of Using Chinese Tech Systems to Block Internet Access Amid Protests

Cuba is accused of having adopted China-made technology systems to control and block internet access, amid reports that messaging apps and Cubans’ internet service are being blocked in the communist-ruled country after thousands of citizens took to the streets on Sunday to protest against a lack of freedoms and worsening economic conditions. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on…


Will Cuba Be Biden’s Iran?

Commentary Remember November 2009 when thousands of freedom demonstrators in the streets of Tehran were chanting “Obama, Obama, you are either with us or you are with them [the Islamic Regime]!”? If not, click on the link and see for yourself. It was the moment Barack Obama revealed himself as the hypocrite (with a totalitarian…


Facts Matter (July 12): Thousands of Cubans Protest Against Communist Regime

Over in Cuba, protesters have filled the streets in cities and towns across the country—calling for (1) freedom as well as (2) an end to the communist dictatorship. Meanwhile, in Arizona, the state Senate has just announced they will be counting the 2020 ballots again—meaning that they will be audited for a third time. And lastly,…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (July 12)

President Joe Biden meets with local and federal leaders to discuss how they’ll advance his gun violence prevention plan, the Agriculture Department’s race-based loan relief program is halted, and protests erupted in Cuba against their Communist regime over the weekend.


State Department Official Criticized for Depicting Cuba’s Anti-Communism Protest as a COVID-19 Demonstration

A State Department official was criticized for describing Sunday’s anti-government protest in Cuba as an assembly against COVID-19 cases, deaths, and medicine shortages. “Peaceful protests are growing in #Cuba as the Cuban people exercise their right to peaceful assembly to express concern about rising COVID cases/deaths & medicine shortages,” Julie Chung, the Acting Assistant Secretary…


Critics Accuse Twitter of Minimizing Cuban Protests in Trending Section

Twitter’s moderators were accused of minimizing the impact of the thousands of demonstrators who took to the streets against the Cuban communist regime over the weekend. “People are helping to spread awareness on the impact of COVID-19 in Cuba as cases hit an all-time high in the country,” Twitter said as a description of the…


NTD News Today Full Broadcast (July 12)

Several leaders spoke over the weekend at CPAC 2021 including former president Donald Trump, Cubans protested against the communist regime and called for freedom over the weekend, and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton tells the audience at CPAC not to believe the narrative that there wasn’t fraud in the 2020 election.


‘Hear Their People’: Biden Calls on Cuban Communist Regime to Listen to Protesters

President Joe Biden on Monday said the Cuban communist regime should respect the rights of its people amid historic demonstrations, coming a day after thousands of protesters took to the streets in several cities demanding greater freedoms and an end to the regime. “The Cuban people are bravely asserting fundamental and universal rights. Those rights,…


Top Republican Official: ‘Democrats Just Ceded Florida for Foreseeable Future’ Over Cuban Protests

Several Republicans over the weekend accused the Biden administration and Twitter of attempting to minimize demonstrations in Cuba against the communist regime, arguing that they will use recent statements by White House officials against them while campaigning in southern Florida. Thousands of Cubans were seen taking to the streets in a rare protest against the…