According to official U.S. media reports, on May 15, 2024, the U.S. Secretary of State submitted to Congress one more of the arbitrary reports that usually qualify countries, without any international mandate or recognition whatsoever. In this case, it lists four countries that are allegedly "not fully cooperating with U.S. counterterrorism efforts in calendar year 2023." Among them, unlike in recent years, there is no slanderous mention of Cuba.
However, the State Department itself maintains Cuba on a list designating states that allegedly "sponsor" terrorism. This is an absolutely unilateral and unfounded list, whose only purpose is to slander and serve as a pretext for the adoption of coercive economic measures against sovereign states, such as those ruthlessly applied against Cuba.
The demand that the U.S. government correct this injustice is loud and reiterated, not only by the Cuban people and numerous governments, especially in Latin America and the Caribbean, but also by political, social and religious organizations within the United States itself and by various politicians in that country.
The clear and absolute truth is that Cuba does not sponsor terrorism, but has been a victim of it, including State terrorism, as anyone interested in the subject can confirm, a matter of which the United States government, its Department of State, and its intelligence and law enforcement agencies are well aware. They are also aware of the extraordinary damage caused to the Cuban economy by the measures, actions and the intimidating effect that is automatically unleashed against any State that appears on that list, regardless of the truth.
It is not enough to recognize that Cuba cooperates fully with the United States. It also does so with the international community as a whole. This is a known truth and no attempt should be made to confuse public opinion. The President of the United States has every prerogative to act honestly and do the right thing.
Havana, May 15, 2024
