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Cuba's foreign minister describes protests as 'riots'

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Havana, Jul 13 (EFE).- Cuba's foreign minister on Tuesday described the massive anti-government protests that took place two days ago as "riots," and said that they were financed by the United States while attributing the mobile internet blackout throughout the island to the economic crisis the country is facing."The country is experiencing a complex situation these days. Our people's access to information is a right. It is clear that there are complex conditions that are reflected not only in the right to information, they are reflected in the right to food. We are going through difficulties," Bruno Rodríguez said at a press conference in Havana.Shortly after protests began to spread across the country on Sunday amid a severe economic and health crisis, mobile internet service was disabled and still not working Tuesday. (Camera: FELIPE BORREGO).SHOT LIST: CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER BRUNO RODRIGUEZ PARRILLA OFFERS A PRESS CONFERENCE, IN HAVANA, CUBA. SOUND BITES: CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER BRUNO RODRIGUEZ PARRILLA (IN SPANISH). TRANSLATION: 1. The country is experiencing a complex situation these days. All of you are experiencing it. We all are experience it. Our people's access to information is a right. It is clear that there are complex conditions that are reflected not only in the right to information, they are reflected in the right to food. 2. These days there has been a lack of electricity that is also affecting the functioning of networks, nodes, servers and telecommunications.

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