Biden Considers Potentially Restoring Internet in Cuba

U.S. President Joe Biden said Thursday that Washington would review whether it could help restore the internet in Cuba, which has suffered blackouts since protests erupted over the weekend.

“They've cut off access to the internet. We're considering whether we have the technological ability to reinstate that access,” Biden told reporters at a press conference alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel. A number of U.S. lawmakers have urged the president in recent days to address connectivity issues on the island, as protests over food and medicine shortages have rocked Havana, leaving at least one person dead and hundreds arrested. Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn told VOA Thursday the Biden administration must support the Cuban people in concrete ways.