The Communist Party of Ireland denounces the unjust and undemocratic decision of the US government to keep Cuba on the List of countries that “sponsor terrorism”.
Although Cuba does not appear on the current list of countries that “do not fully cooperate with US counter-terrorism efforts in the calendar year 2023” contained in US Secretary of State Blinken’s report to Congress, Cuba remains on the existing US list.
The Communist Party of Ireland is concerned that because Cuba is not specifically mentioned in the current list, people may assume that it has been removed from the list completely. That is not the case and Cuba continues to suffer the financial consequences of this unjust US interference in the internal affairs of Cuba, a sovereign member of the United Nations.
The US decision to place and then to keep Cuba on a list compiled to punish those states which resist US attempts to control their destinies, serves as a pretext for the adoption of measures that greatly affect the Cuban people, including Cubans residing abroad and that are added to those already existing due to the economic, commercial and financial blockade.
The Communist Party of Ireland calls for intensifying of the efforts of the Irish solidarity movement with Cuba and of Cubans living in Ireland, to demand the exclusion of Cuba from the harmful list of countries “which sponsor terrorism” and to put an end to the measures that are part of the blockade.
As the MINREX Declaration points out, the President of the United States has all the prerogatives to act honestly and do the right thing.
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