Canadian Official Circles Repeat Twitter Disinformation
Cuba solidarity
action in Montreal, October 31, 2021
Canadian official media are past masters at
repeating counter-revolutionary U.S. propaganda to
promote the need for regime change and the need
for foreign intervention to defend "democracy" and
"human rights."
After the failed U.S.-engineered insurrection in
Cuba on July 11, Global Affairs Canada said on July
12 that it is "closely monitoring the situation in
Cuba" and is "concerned by recent events." A Global
Affairs spokesperson told CBC News via email:
"Canada supports the right to freedom of expression
and assembly and calls on all parties to uphold this
fundamental right. Global Affairs Canada urges all
sides to exercise restraint and encourages all
parties involved in the crisis to engage in peaceful
and inclusive dialogue."
The approach is to cover up that the events were
engineered from abroad with the intent of causing
chaos and a state of anarchy and violence. By
declaring that the government should deal with the
events on the basis of dialogue, they deny that
those fomenting the anarchy and violence are not
interested in having discussion about anything.
Towards this end, Global Affairs Canada vents the
false idea that the events were a matter of
grassroots Cubans speaking out against the
government in acts of political dissent.
 On July 13, Prime
Minister Trudeau made a short statement. First he
said, "Canada has always stood in friendship with
the Cuban people," which is true and what everyone
wants Canada to do. But then a pernicious
character was revealed when, instead of opposing
those who seek to interfere in Cuba's internal
affairs, he said: "We have always called for
greater freedoms and more defence of human rights
in Cuba. We will continue to be there to support
Cubans in their desire for greater peace, greater
stability and greater voice in how things are
going."
He should support as much for the Canadian people
before accusing others of not giving their people
a voice in how things are going. Instead, on July
15, the Prime Minister said, "We're deeply
concerned by the violent crackdown on protests by
the Cuban regime. We condemn the arrests and
repression by authorities of peaceful
demonstration."
Again, he should say as much about the RCMP and
police forces in Canada and his own government for
dealing violently with demonstrators and those who
dissent by doing their duty to uphold rights when
the government fails to do so. "We stand, as we
always will, with the people of Cuba who want and
deserve democracy, freedom and respect," Trudeau
said.
So do all Canadians, Mr. Trudeau, but they
do so by defending their right to defend
themselves against foreign interference,
subversion and invasions in defence of the
democracy and freedom they have established for
themselves.
On July 13 CBC News posted an agency image from
U.S. media with the caption: "Poverty and the
pandemic have converged in Cuba, to create
unbearable circumstances that people were
protesting in the capital over the weekend.
They're demanding more freedom, while their
president blames the situation on U.S. sanctions."
Besides repeating twitter lies about the unfolding
events in Cuba, the news item quoted former
Canadian ambassador to Cuba Mark Entwistle noting
that the demonstrations were unusual in that they
are spreading across the country "not led by any
kind of intellectual or cultural elites." "'And
for the first time, they're calling for the
removal of the government,' said Entwistle, who
was ambassador from 1993-97," the CBC wrote.
Like Global Affairs and Trudeau, Entwistle and
the CBC failed to say who precisely, besides the
Biden administration and the NATO allies, was
calling for the removal of the government.
No to Foreign Interference in
Cuba's Internal Affairs!
Hands Off Cuba!
This article was published in
Volume 51 Number 21 - November 7, 2021
Article Link:
https://cpcml.ca/Tmlm2021/Articles/MS51213.HTM
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