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US solidarity reiterates commitment to Cuba until end of blockade

Washington, Jan 14 (Prensa Latina) The National Network on Cuba (NNOC) in the United States reiterated its commitment to fighting against the blockade and underscored the solidarity efforts to achieve the Caribbean island's removal from the States Sponsors of Terrorism (SSOT) list.

Six days before leaving the White House, President Joe Biden, who had promised a change in policy on Cuba since his electoral campaign in 2020, took steps that were still limited, but in the right direction by determining what was an open truth: Cuba does not sponsor terrorism; however, it has been a victim of that scourge for decades.

In statements to Prensa Latina after the news was circulated, NNOC Co-president Cheryl LaBash stated, “When we fight, we win!”

Her words refer to the “many resolutions representing more than 60 million people in the United States – city councils, state legislatures, unions – who made their voices heard.”

She added that all this effort goes “together with the world that year after year speaks and votes at the United Nations General Assembly, the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean, Cuban residents abroad.”

We want the world to be a zone of peace and human development, the activist stressed. “It is time to end the economic war against Cuba! Ten years after Cuba won the fight for the return of the Five Cuban heroes, we have shown that together we can win. Long live Cuba! Long live Fidel!” she concluded. On the afternoon of January 14, a statement from the White House noted, “Since the beginning of the Biden-Harris Administration, United States’ policy towards Cuba has focused on empowering the Cuban people to freely determine their own future, and advancing respect for human rights.”

“This singular purpose has guided our policies to reunify Cuban families, strengthen cultural and educational ties between Cuba and the United States, enable remittances to flow more freely to the Cuban people, and increase support for independent Cuban entrepreneurs.”

Cuba was first included on the SSOT list in 1982, during the Ronald Reagan administration (1981-1989), and Barack Obama (2009-2017) reversed that measure in 2015, after admitting that it lacked merit.

However, in January 2021, a few days before leaving the Oval Office, Donald Trump included Cuba on that list again, something that Biden is now reversing at the end of his term.

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