U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration has fueled tensions with its longtime rival by placing Cuba on the list this Friday of countries it considers the United States “not fully cooperating” in the fight against terrorism.
In the final assessment published in the US Federal Register on Friday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken ranked Cuba among five countries, along with Iran, North Korea, Venezuela and Syria, which the US said did not meet your expectations.
The State Department is required by law to provide this list to the U.S. Congress annually.
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez awaited the measure on Thursday, calling the May 11 advance notice signed by Blinken “another lie” from Washington.
“The United States once again continues the slander that Cuba is not doing enough in the fight against terrorism,” Rodriguez said on Twitter on Thursday, describing the move as “an excuse to wage an unending economic war that is universally denied.”
The US assessment is nearly identical to the one the Biden administration released a year ago, which endorsed the Trump administration’s decision.
source: Noticias
