Cuba protests US terrorist listing
- March 1, 2023
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President of Cuba Miguel Diaz-Canelcriticized the government’s decision from his Twitter account USA add your country to the list of sponsoring states terrorismwho was appointed in 2021. “The
President of Cuba Miguel Diaz-Canelcriticized the government’s decision from his Twitter account USA add your country to the list of sponsoring states terrorismwho was appointed in 2021.
“The Joe Biden administration kept the designation on the fake list Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism. The true purpose of slandering the Island as terrorist this is justification for the illegal blockade of the United States against Cuba,” the Cuban president tweeted.
On February 27, the State Department published Country Report on Terrorism 2021which states that Cuba has “repeatedly supported acts of international terrorism by providing shelter to the terrorists.
Cuban ministry sources Foreign relations They believe that the information released by the US government is “misleading”, claiming that it is not current data and is not “contextualized” as such, according to EFE.
The report claims that “Cuba rejected Colombia’s request to extradite 10 leaders THEN residents in Havana after this group claimed authorship try 2019″. However, the same ministry sources assured EFE that it was a period peace talks interrupted and that his extradition has been put on hold as negotiations have resumed.
Deputy Director for the United States of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Yohana Tabladaand Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Eugenio Martinezspoke about these allegations in the report.
The US State Department establishes the following sanctions For countries listed as state sponsors of terrorism:
- Ban on the export and sale of weapons
- Dual-Use Export Controls, which require 30 days notice to Congress of goods or services that could significantly enhance a terrorist-listed country’s military capability or ability to support terrorism.
- US Foreign Aid Restrictions
- Visa Requirements
- Imposition of various financial and other restrictions
The Secretary of State is the one who determines whether the government of a given country has provided “repeated support for acts of violence.” international terrorism“. In case of appointment only the president Maybe cancellation solution. The other three countries on the list are North Korea, Syria and Iran.
Cuba was originally included in 1982, but the then Democratic president, Barack Obamacanceled appointment in 2015. However, before Donald Trump When his term expired, he put the island nation back on the list, according to EFE.
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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