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Trudeau Treads Lightly After Cuba Cracks Down on Street Protests

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  • Canadian leader stops short of condemning Havana’s heavy hand
  • Rival accuses prime minister of ‘admiration’ for dictators
A man is arrested during a demonstration against the government of Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel in Havana on Sunday.
A man is arrested during a demonstration against the government of Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel in Havana on Sunday. Photographer: Yamil Lage/AFP/Getty Images

Justin Trudeau said Canada would press for greater liberty in Cuba, but stopped short of condemning a wave of arrests and an apparent attempt to shut down social media after unprecedented street protests roiled the communist nation.

The Canadian prime minister, whose father was a friend of Fidel Castro’s, spoke out a day after U.S. President Joe Biden warned the Cuban government against a heavy-handed response to the demonstrators.