US LIST OF STATE SPONSORS OF TERRORISM

United States ratified today the withdrawal of Cuba from the alleged sponsors of terrorism list by publishing the decision in the Federal Register, the official journal of the U.S. Government.»

The announcement of the rescission of Cuba from the state sponsor of terrorism list in which it was arbitrarily included in 1982, by the Ronald Reagan administration, has been great news during the last few hours around the world.»

The US State Department informed this Friday about the official rescission of Cuba as a State Sponsor of Terrorism. The decision was adopted by US Secretary of State, John Kerry, once the 45-day Congressional pre-notification period is expired. In December 2014, the President instructed the Secretary of State to immediately launch a review of Cuba’s designation as a State Sponsor »

Bolivian President Evo Morales assured Tuesday that Cuba has never been a terrorist country, and has been, on the contrary, a very solidary nation with all the countries in the world, so there’s no reason for which Cuba should be included in any list of terrorist nations. “If the US government has included Cuba in the list of terrorist countries, »

Cuban Foreign Ministry acknowledged the decision of the US government to exclude the island from the list of countries sponsoring terrorism.»

Russian FM spokesman Alexander Lukashevich, reiterated that the U.S. State Department’s decision to include Cuba on the list of terrorist sponsoring countries has no basis whatsoever.»

The Permanent Mission of Cuba to the UN carry actions to circulate at UN the island’s refusal for  its inclusion in the unilateral list of countries promoting terrorism, annually elaborated by US.»

Cuba has firmly rejected Washington’s repeated and shameful designation of Cuba as a ‘state sponsor of international terrorism.’»

Hundreds of Cubans from all walks of life and representing different generations marked Terrorism Victims Day, October 6, with a vigil in front of the US Interest Section in Havana.»