Kingston, Jamaica, 15 January 2021.- The Jamaica Peace Council today condemned the inclusion of Cuba in a list of countries that support terrorism, drawn up unilaterally by the US government.
Below, we reproduce excerpts from the declaration:
JPC’s condemns the US Placement of Cuba on the List of Sponsors of International Terrorism
The Jamaica Peace Council (JPC), strongly condemns the baseless and misguided decision of the US government to place Cuba for a second time on their list of countries that are sponsors of international terrorism.
The JPC believes that Cuba’s peaceful and dignified role in international affairs does not in anyway warrant it being placed on any list of nations that sponsors international terrorism.
On the contrary, Cuba exports solidarity with the peoples of the world to by fighting diseases like Ebola and COVID-19, issuing scholarships for the education of doctors, teachers, engineers and other technically trained personel, and helping to defeat apartheid and terrorism in Angola, Mozambique, Namibia and South Africa.
We in the JPC, … believe that President Trump’s recent action in placing Cuba on the list of countries the US considers to be sponsors of terrorism is an act of provocation and further economic sabotage against Cuba’s sovereign and peaceful development.
The JPC therefore calls on the incoming Biden-Harris administration to not only review and remove Cuba from the list of sponsors of global terrorism but we are also calling on the incoming US administration to end the criminal US blockade against Cuba and to normalize relations between the two sovereign neighbors!
Yes to World Peace ☮️!
No to International Bullying of nations!
Secretariat
Jamaica Peace Council