Havana, 10 July 2024 - Almost fifty governments around the world have so far rejected the inclusion of Cuba in the State Department's list of countries that sponsor terrorism.
To this demand the statements of rejection by movements, organisations, institutions, activists and international personalities who have denounced this designation as unjust and arbitrary have been added, and they have also denounced its consequences for the Cuban nation and families.
The day before, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, in a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, urged Joe Biden's administration to remove Cuba from the list and embark on a path of mutual understanding.
The Russian State Duma also rejected Washington's measure, which restricts the rights of Cubans inside and outside the island and hinders any kind of humanitarian aid, business, investment and trade related to the Caribbean nation and its citizens.
The persecution of financial transactions to and from Cuban territory and commercial relations affects all aspects of the lives of Cuban citizens and creates additional obstacles to the delivery of humanitarian aid at a time when the country is facing shortages of basic goods and medical supplies, exacerbated by the tightening of the US blockade policy.
Paradoxically, while keeping Cuba on this list, the United States harbours on its territory groups that organise, finance and carry out terrorist actions with the aim of undermining the revolutionary process.
This Monday, the Ministry of the Interior revealed details of an infiltration operation recently thwarted by its specialised forces, which was aimed at carrying out attacks against economic, social and military targets for destabilising purposes. According to Colonel Víctor Álvarez, deputy head of the specialised unit of the General Directorate of Criminal Investigation of the Ministry of the Interior, such events have been reported to the US authorities on several occasions, but no action has been taken.
Analysts say the US government's double standards in dealing with an issue as sensitive as terrorism expose the true nature of the policy that successive US administrations have pursued for more than six decades to overthrow the Cuban Revolution.
(Embassy of Cuba in South Africa - Prensa Latina)