The city council of Minneapolis, Minnesota, demanded that U.S. President Joseph Biden to remove Cuba from the list of countries sponsoring terrorism.

Havana, Feb 2 (RHC) The city council of Minneapolis, Minnesota, demanded that U.S. President Joseph Biden and Congress remove Cuba from the list of countries sponsoring terrorism, where it was unjustly included.

In a letter addressed to the director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, Julie Chavez Rodriguez, the activists recounted how since 1960 Washington imposed an economic, commercial, and financial blockade against the Island.

The text explains that the blockade not only hinders trade relations with the northern nation but also implemented punishments for other States interested in doing business with Cuba and inflicted hardships and privations on the people.

It denounced that such a punitive policy creates food and medicine shortages amid a global health crisis, generates severe financial restrictions, limits trade opportunities, and prevents Cuba from obtaining vital medical equipment and supplies.

In a letter, they also regretted that the administration of former President Donald Trump (2017-2021) destroyed the rapprochement experienced between the two countries during Barack Obama's term (2009-2017).

"The Trump Administration not only arbitrarily reversed the achievements previously obtained and placed Cuba back on the list of state sponsors of terrorism, but it also imposed 243 new coercive measures, including restrictions on Cuban-Americans who send remittances to families and businesses to the island," the document notes.

It also condemned the inclusion of the Antillean country in the spurious list, a classification that is causing several international financial restrictions that limit its capacity to carry out important operations, including those necessary to combat the Covid-19 pandemic and to invigorate its economy.

"Cuba does not meet any criteria to be on that list", it sentenced and reminded that it can be eliminated by executive order of President Biden, who promised to review that designation during his electoral campaign. (Source: Prensa Latina)