Cuba condemns US report on terrorism

Dishonest distortions and rationalizations lacking in legitimacy

     The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on December 2, 2023, declaring that the U.S. State Department report on terrorism of November 30, 2023, is slanderous and dishonest, recycling arguments that have been rejected by the international community and are lacking in legitimacy even in the United States itself.  The Cuban Statement maintains that the U.S. list of countries that are supposedly sponsoring terrorism is politically motivated, in that it enables the imposition of “measures of economic coercion against countries with which the U.S. government has political disagreements.”

     Here is the full text of the December 2, 2023, Statement released by the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejects in the strongest terms the slanderous reference against Cuba by the U.S. State Department, in its most recent report on terrorism with respect to the year 2022, released on November 30, 2023.

The elements set forth in the report dishonest…