A group of UN experts said Friday that the decision of the United States of Return to Cuba in your list of countries that sponsor terrorism It is illegal and a setback for the human rights of Cubans, with an effect especially on the most vulnerable groups.
The measure was one of the first that the president of the United States, Donald Trumphe took after starting his second term on January 20.
Human rights experts affirmed that the designation of Cuba as a sponsoring state of terrorism in 2021 aggravated the isolation of the island and caused a general fear of maintaining relations with that country, in particular in the economic field.
They also considered that the American sanction has harmed the efforts that have been made within the country to overcome the accumulated impact of the embargo, the Covid-19 pandemic and of natural disasters that occurred in recent years.
“Food insecurity has become an important concern due to inflationary pressures, the increase in food price, the decrease in agricultural production due to fuel shortage and restrictions on imports of agricultural machinery, spare parts, fertilizers, fertilizers, feed and other supplies, ”they explained.
They also pointed out that the denomination is illegal because it is “a unilateral act without the authorization of the UN Security Council and with a direct and indirect impact on human rights.”
The signatories of the statement are the Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures, Alena Douhan; the expert on external debt, Attiya Waris; The Rapporteur of Women and Girls Rights, replaced, and the independent expert on the Democratic International Order, George Katourugalos.
Shortly after take possession again From the presidency of the United States, Trump revoked the order of January 14 with which Biden took Cuba out of the list. The Democrat had signed that executive order less than a week to abandon power. He made this decision, he said, to promote the release of several Cuban prisoners as part of a process that had the mediation of the Vatican.
That same day the Cuban government announced the release of 553 people “sanctioned for various crimes.”
“A mockery” and “an act of arrogance”
The day after the return to the list, the Cuban government called for “arrogance” Trump’s decision.
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel La considered “An act of arrogance and contempt for truth” and argued that the “objective” after this step is to strengthen “the cruel economic war against Cuba for purposes of domination.”
The inclusion of Cuba in the list, in January 2021 was one of the latest decisions Trump made before leaving power in his first term (2017-2021).
The island had been part of the list since 1982, but it left in 2015, during the approach stage promoted by the then US president Barack Obama (2009-2017) and braking by Trump, which during his first term redoubled the sanctions on Havana And he stopped the “thaw.”
The Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, recently declared that he had “zero doubts” about that Cuba is a country promoting terrorism.
EFE / ONCUBA.
