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#BREAKING EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell urges Cuban authorities to 'listen to discontent'

#BREAKING US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says it is a 'grievous mistake' for Cuban president to blame US for unrest

#UPDATE The European Union's Borrell joined the US president, his secretary of state, the president of Brazil and others in offering support for the Cuban people and urging the government to allow peaceful protests

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Historic protests in Cuba have thrust onto US President Joe Biden's priority list an issue on which he was content to go slow and, experts say, will likely doom near-term prospects of a fresh opening
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#GRAPHIC Chronology of key moments in US-Cuban relations from 1959 to the present
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