On the first day of the debate in the plenary session of the United Nations General Assembly of the draft resolution on the need to end the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the United States against Cuba, 33 States denounced the blockade of the island, 9 of them in the name of regional groups, such as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Central American Integration System (SICA), the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), the Group of 77 and China , the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), the Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations, the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and the African Group
24 Regional Groups and States also denounced the unjustified inclusion of Cuba in the arbitrary and unilateral “List of State Sponsors of Terrorism” of the State Department, including ASEAN, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, CELAC, SICA, the G77 and China, CARICOM, the Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter, NAM and the African Group, as well as other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, Europe and Asia, including Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and DPR Korea .
On January 11, 2021, just 9 days after Donald Trump left the White House, the United States Department of State opportunistically announced the reinsertion of Cuba into the arbitrary unilateral List of States that allegedly sponsor terrorism, on the basis of inconsistent arguments and without any evidence. The Biden administration maintained this designation, with full knowledge that the pretexts used to “justify” it were false and dishonest.
It is known to the intelligence agencies, the Government and the US Congress that Cuba has been a victim, not a victimizer, of terrorism.
To mention only one well known example, the Church Committee, formally known as the United States Senate Select Committee to Study Government Operations Regarding Intelligence Activities, investigated between 1975 and 1976 and found evidence of dozens of attempted terrorist attacks against Cuban leader Fidel Castro, out of the 638 CIA plans to assassinate him, documented by the Cuban State Security.
The Church Committee's investigations concluded that the United States government had planned, in peacetime, on several occasions, the assassination of Fidel Castro, among other foreign political leaders.
The inclusion in the List of State Sponsors of Terrorism generates, in addition to the restrictions of the US blockade against Cuba, severe consequences for the economy of the island country, mainly in the banking-financial sector. It also reinforces the dissuasive and intimidating effects towards businessmen from third countries in their commercial relations with Cuba. Its impact is not only extremely detrimental to trade, but also to the possibilities of obtaining credit and making payments for goods and supplies that are essential for the population and the development of the country.
Due to the unjustified classification as a State that supposedly sponsors terrorism, numerous companies and financial entities around the world refused to operate with Cuba for fear of arbitrary and illegal reprisals from the Treasury Department of the United States government. Dozens of banks suspended their operations with Cuba and companies on Cuban soil, including transfers for the purchase of necessary food, medicine, fuel, materials, spare parts and other goods. Due to this, Cuba had to assume high additional costs to acquire essential supplies.