ALBA-TCP Celebrates Exclusion of Cuba From the U.S. List of State Sponsors of Terrorism
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The Cuban Revolution has demonstrated its firm commitment to fighting terrorism in all its forms.
On Tuesday, the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People’s Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP) celebrated Cuba’s removal from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism.
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“The ALBA-TCP member states celebrate the removal of Cuba from the list of states allegedly sponsoring terrorism, where it never should have been, as well as the elimination of two other unilateral coercive measures by the U.S. government,” the integration bloc stated.
“Despite its limited scope, the Bolivarian Alliance welcomes this decision as a step in the right direction, consistent with Cuba’s sustained and firm demand and that of numerous international actors. It also supports Cuba’s sovereign path toward development,” the statement added.
“The Cuban Revolution has demonstrated its firm commitment to fighting terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. Thus, including and keeping Cuba on the aforementioned list has always constituted an arbitrary and politically motivated decision by the U.S. government, serving as an additional tool to deepen the illegal economic blockade against the island,” the ALBA-TCP pointed out.
“The ALBA-TCP countries celebrate this victorious step and hope it is the first toward the total lifting of the genocidal and illegal policy of economic warfare against Cuba, which has caused over six decades of unjustified suffering and pain for the Cuban people.”
On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of State announced that it had removed Cuba from the list of “State Sponsors of Terrorism,” according to a statement signed by outgoing President Joe Biden, who also suspended the application of the Helms-Burton Act’s Title III, which allows U.S. citizens to sue Cuba in U.S. courts for the expropriation of their property.
In 2017, Washington included Cuba on its blacklist, arguing that members of the National Liberation Army (ELN) were present on the island. They, however, had traveled to Havana for peace negotiations with the Colombian government.
Since then, Cuba’s inclusion on that list implied greater control of its exports, restrictions on foreign aid, stricter visa requirements, and the freezing of much of its financial activity abroad.
teleSUR/ JF Sources: ALBA-TCP – EFE
