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HAVANA (Reuters) -Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Monday blamed historic protests this weekend on U.S. \u201ceconomic asphyxiation\u201d and social media campaigns by a minority of counter-revolutionaries while U.S. President Joe Biden said he stood with the Cuban people.<\/p>

FILE PHOTO: Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel talks to the media, in San Antonio de los Banos, Cuba July 11, 2021. REUTERS\/Alexandre Meneghini<\/figcaption>

The protests here erupted amid Communist-run Cuba’s worst economic crisis since the fall of former ally Soviet Union, with the tightening of decades-old U.S. sanctions exacerbating shortages of food and medicine as well as power outages amid a surge in COVID-19 infections.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the last few weeks the campaign against the Cuban revolution has increased in social media, drawing on the problems and shortages we are living,\u201d Diaz-Canel said in a televised address alongside his Cabinet.<\/p>\n

A minority of counter-revolutionaries were fomenting unrest, he said, denouncing vandalism that took place across various cities on Sunday in Cuba\u2019s biggest anti-government demonstrations in decades.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey threw stones at foreign currency shops, they stole items … and at police forces, they turned over cars – a totally vulgar, indecent and delinquent behavior,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The streets of Havana appeared quiet on Monday morning, although special forces patrolled its seafront boulevard.<\/p>\n

Biden in a statement on Monday said the United States stands with the people of Cuba in their call for freedom and relief from the coronavirus pandemic and decades of repression.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 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,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe United States calls on the Cuban regime to hear their people and serve their needs at this vital moment rather than enriching themselves,\u201d said Biden, who during his White House campaign promised to ease sanctions but has yet to do so.<\/p>\n

The United States had tightened sanctions on Cuba under Donald Trump, Biden\u2019s predecessor, including restricting key remittances in the middle of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

Diaz-Canel did not directly address the U.S. statement, issued during his address. But he attacked what he called Washington\u2019s hypocrisy for expressing concern when it was fueling the crisis in Cuba with its trade embargo.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs it not very hypocritical and cynical that you block me … and you want to present yourself as the big savior?\u201d he said. \u201cLift the blockade .. and then we will see what this people, that has achieved an immense social work despite what is practically a war economy, is capable of.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gave Cuba backing on Monday, saying the U.S. economic embargo on the island should be ended to help its people.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe truth is that if one wanted to help Cuba, the first thing that should be done is to suspend the blockade of Cuba as the majority of countries in the world are asking,\u201d Lopez Obrador told a news conference.<\/p>\n

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