No to U.S. Government's Recent Move to Include Cuba on Its List of States that Sponsor Terrorism -
Table de concertation de solidarité
Québec-Cuba - 
The Table de
concertation de solidarité Québec-Cuba (TCSQC)
joins its voice with the rest of the world in firmly condemning the
decision of the U.S. government to include Cuba on its list of states
that sponsor terrorism. On January 11, nine days before Donald Trump's
mandate ends and the new president takes office, [U.S. Secretary of
State] Mike Pompeo announced that "The State Department has designated
Cuba as a State Sponsor of Terrorism for repeatedly providing support
for acts of international terrorism in granting safe harbour to
terrorists." The TCSQC considers this latest
measure on the part of the Trump administration an act of great
despair, not of strength. It's a web of lies and a vengeful act against
the courageous Cuban people and government. Ever since the victory of
the Cuban Revolution in 1959, the U.S. has refused to establish equal
relations with Cuba, and to respect the sovereignty of the Cuban people
and their right to be. For the U.S. to declare that Cuba sponsors
terrorist activities reveals once again its shameful hypocrisy, as the
real terrorist is the United States. The reality is
that Cuba is the victim of an inhumane blockade imposed by the U.S.
government for over 60 years, along with assassinations, terrorist
attacks against civilians and systematic economic sabotage, which have
met with international condemnation. Despite these
activities of systematic sabotage, Cuba has won the hearts and the
support of the world's peoples for its courageous defence of its
sovereignty, its right to determine its own affairs and its vibrant
worldwide internationalism. The Henry Reeve Brigade, amongst others,
which travels the world to assist during times of natural calamities,
earthquakes, pandemics etc., is acclaimed internationally and is now a
candidate for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. Last year Cubans travelled to
over 39 countries to bring relief and make their unfailing contribution
to assist humanity in defeating COVID-19. 
April 25, 2020. Members
of Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade prepare to go to
South Africa.
The TCSQC calls upon the Canadian
government to adopt a principled position and formally reject this
latest immoral measure imposed by the U.S. government against Cuba.
Washington's lamentable efforts to isolate Cuba are doomed to
fail; they run counter to Cuba's momentum and that of the peoples of
the world, who demand relations between peoples and countries based on
mutual benefit and equal exchange between countries large or
small, oppose interference, aggression, sanctions and blockades against
the peoples and aspire to true human and international solidarity.
Long Live Cuba! Long Live Solidarity
Between Peoples!
This article was published in
Volume 51 Number 1 - January
15, 2021
Article Link:
No to U.S. Government's Recent Move to Include Cuba on Its List of States that Sponsor Terrorism -
Table de concertation de solidarité
Québec-Cuba
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