Q24N (EFE) The National Assembly of Nicaragua (Congress) condemned on Wednesday the decision of the United States to reintegrate Cuba into the list of countries sponsoring terrorism, and called the North American country presided by Donald Trump “enemies of humanity of yesterday, today and always.”
The declaration called “In defense of our sovereignty, freedom and dignity. Long live Cuba, and with Cuba all and all,” approved unanimously by the 91 Nicaraguan deputies, points out that “imperialist policies do not distinguish borders or faces.”
It also warns that “these strategies, motivated by hegemonic interests, continue with their cynical demonstration of disrespect for the self-determination of the peoples.”
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“Cuba, heroic and indomitable, stands as a beacon of resistance in our Caribbean America. We admire and honor the courage of our Cuban brothers, glorious rebels who from the Sierra Maestra raised the flag of dignity,” the text highlights.
In its declaration, the Nicaraguan Congress, controlled by the Sandinistas, considers that the Government of the United States, “as an expression of its hatred of Latin American and Caribbean countries, has (again) included Cuba in its list of countries sponsoring terrorism.”
“In the face of this new aggression, the brotherly, free and sovereign peoples unite to condemn the same enemy of humanity of yesterday, today and always, to whom, more than a century ago, Andrés Castro (considered a national hero) threw the stone in defense of the sovereignty and dignity of Nicaragua,” the text indicates.
The deputies, who thus joined the condemnation made the day before by the Government of Nicaragua, also affirmed that they keep “the torch of freedom and justice lit, without bowing to those who seek to steal our self-determination.”
On Monday, the new US president, Donald Trump, revoked, in the first hours of his presidency, the order of January 14 with which former President Joe Biden removed Cuba from the US list of countries promoting terrorism.
Shortly after, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel censured the measure on social media, which he called “mockery” and “abuse.”
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Biden, who left power after four years in office, had signed that executive order less than a week before the end of his term.
The former Democratic president made this decision to promote the release of several Cuban prisoners as part of a process that was mediated by the Vatican. In fact, that same day Cuba announced that it would release 553 people.
Cuba had been included on the list of countries sponsoring terrorism in January 2021, in one of Trump’s last decisions before closing his first term. His predecessor in the White House, Barack Obama, had removed it after more than three decades on the list.
This designation implies a ban on arms sales with that country, greater control over its exports, restrictions on foreign aid, stricter visa requirements and the de facto freezing of a large part of Cuba’s international financial transactions.
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