Lima, May 20 (Prensa Latina) Former Peruvian Minister of Women’s Affairs Anahí Durand today deemed unacceptable the inclusion of Cuba on an arbitrary list of countries that, according to Washington, do not fully support its fight against terrorism.
In statements to Prensa Latina, the secretary general of the Adelante Pueblo Unido (APU) party described the aforementioned anti-Cuban measure as further evidence of what she called the “imperialist onslaught that Latin America is experiencing.”
“This new declaration by the State Department to include Cuba on a list of countries that do not fully cooperate with its counterterrorism efforts is yet another example of the imperialist onslaught we are experiencing in Latin America,” he said.
Durand added that the Trump administration intends to put much more pressure on worthy peoples like those of Cuba and Venezuela, and that in this case, it intends to isolate Cuba.
To this end, he added, Washington aims to act as a global arbiter, deciding “who cooperates and who doesn’t, as if someone had entrusted it with that task.”
The Peruvian leader added that the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), which recently met in China under the presidency of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, could take a more active role in addressing interventions like the one affecting Cuba.
He warned against the possibility that the United States is becoming more commonplace in applying measures like the one reported above and sanctions that affect the lives of populations, as in the case of Cuba.
“I think we should always speak up in these types of situations,” he said.
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