The arbitrary inclusion of the Republic of Cuba on the list of countries that promote international terrorism is one of the main instruments used by the US administration to try to asphyxiate the Cuban economy, to provoke the overthrow of the Cuban government and to blame the Cuban government, through a huge international media campaign, for being the main responsible for the negative impact of the economic, commercial and financial blockade, applied systematically and meticulously for more than sixty years, an act of genocide that impacts the entire Cuban population, including many of us who live outside the country.
This policy did not change, but was reinforced during the Covid19 pandemic, the natural disasters the country has faced, and the difficulties derived from the serious deterioration of the economic situation caused by wars and other international conflicts.
The administration of President Donald Trump, a few days before being replaced as head of the government of that neighbouring country, in one of its last acts of foreign policy, once again included Cuba in this list of hatred and revenge, evidently trying to discourage any attempt by the new administration to improve its relations with Cuba, as the Democratic Party candidate had promised his voters.
The administration of President Joe Biden not only maintained the main measures adopted by the previous administration, but even reinforced them in some cases, although there have been some minor positive changes such as the reestablishment of migration negotiations and the recent exclusion of Cuba from the State Department's list of nations that "do not cooperate fully in the fight against terrorism", which we welcome although it is insufficient, and we therefore demand the immediate and unconditional exclusion of Cuba from the list of countries that promote terrorism and the end of the economic, commercial and financial blockade against our country.