Cuba

"China stands for upholding the international order based on international law, defending international fairness and justice, and opposing unilateral coercive measures in military, political, economic or other means," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said.

"Following this transfer today there are 39 detainees at Guantanamo Bay, 10 are eligible for transfer, 17 are eligible for periodic review boards, 10 are involved in the military commission process, and two detainees have been convicted," a senior administration official said.

In a communist country that suppresses dissent, the recent wave of protests is the most significant grassroots stand against the dictatorship in more than three decades.

North Korea has, like Mexico, thrown its support behind Cuba's government after recent protests in Havana.

"It is illegal for boaters to depart with the intent to travel to Cuba for any purpose without a permit," the advisory said.

"We express our full support to and solidarity with all efforts and measures taken by the government and people of Cuba for safeguarding the dignity and sovereignty of the country and defending to the end their fatherland, revolution and gains of socialism," a North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesperson said.

Words of support for the protests by President Joe Biden indicate a lack of accountability for the crisis, especially since the current administration refused to reverse former President Donald Trump's last-minute sanctions.

Biden should take his cue from China and realize America, whether he likes it or not, is involved in a ferocious struggle everywhere.

Were the protests to topple the regime, the benefits could prove transformative within and beyond Cuba.

"I outright reject the Biden administration's defense of the embargo," she wrote. "It is never acceptable for us to use cruelty as a point of leverage against everyday people."

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) blasted Major League Baseball, which operates in the U.S. and Canada, for being "silent as Cuba's murderous regime cracks down on protestors."

The recent grassroots protests in Cuba are directly responsive to the Cuban people's decades-long oppression at the behest of an evil, communist police state.

It's time to stop romanticizing a repressive regime as "the Revolution."

"The logic is simple here. It has been tested on numerous occasions by Washington in various situations, but everything is one and the same mode of operation—instigating color revolutions against undesirable regimes," Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said.

"We are asking you to come to Miami, the home of the Cuban-American community, and hear the cries of our friends and family on the island."

Increasing economic and cultural exchange with the United States is the clearest path to reform, and is something Washington can clearly make a reality.

"It is extraordinarily dangerous," Mayorkas said. "It is not worth the risk."

"It should go without saying that anyone who breaks the law is subject to arrest," said Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' spokesperson.

The organization said in an Instagram post that the embargo had "the explicit intention of destabilizing the country."

Officials hope to increase medicine supplies, while work is being done on the electricity system to enhance stability, Prime Minister Manuel Marrero said.

Miguel Díaz-Canel said "we have to gain experience" from the protests that have rocked the Caribbean island.

Regimes do not give up power willingly, and popular protests may not make any difference.

"Communism is a failed ideology," White House press secretary Jen Psaki said. "It has failed the people of Cuba. They deserve freedom, they deserve a government that supports them."

Black Lives Matter issued a statement after Cubans took to the streets to call for political change amid the nation's worst economic crisis in decades.

A group of Democratic Florida state lawmakers said they were "pleased and frankly thankful that the draconian and anti-democratic measures" in a law signed by the governor earlier this year were not being enforced.

A man was shot in front of his family for participating in a protest on Sunday in Cuba. Over 100 people have been arrested or disappeared since the start of the protests.

As the protests against Cuba's communist dictatorship ramp up, citizens of the island nation have taken to social media to plead for help.

"I hold the government responsible for anything that may happen to me," Dina Stars told Spanish TV as she cut short her live interview.

The protesters were gathered on the freeway to demonstrate unity in response to the civil unrest taking place in Cuba.

Former President Ronald Reagan urged Mikhail Gorbachev, then the leader of the Soviet Union, to "tear down this wall" in a 1987 speech near the Berlin Wall.