Rojas expressed this opinion to native W Radio, to which he talked about Cuba’s current removing from the State Sponsors of Terrorism (SSOT) listing that Washington unilaterally attracts up.
He commented that for the reason that starting of the Authorities of President Gustavo Petro in 2022, there was insistence that Cuba be faraway from that listing, and that its removing from that designation reverses an injustice.
“Cuba has solely supported the peace course of in Colombia. Now we have been working with the outgoing Authorities of america, which made this choice, which we welcome and which we hope may be complemented with measures to finish the blockade,” Rojas identified
He additionally recalled that Colombia is voting to carry the financial, monetary and industrial blockade, which, he acknowledged, is a coverage that solely serves to hurt the folks.
Along with Rojas, Vice President Francia Márquez additionally demanded the elimination of the remainder of the punitive measures towards Cuba.
He identified that the exclusion from the terrorist listing is progress, “however the blockade that has carried out a lot hurt to Cuban households nonetheless must be totally lifted.”
Different political organizations, such because the Frequent Celebration, welcomed the choice introduced on Tuesday by the White Home to take away Cuba from the listing, and insisted on the urgency of lifting the financial blockade.
“Cuba ought to by no means have been on that listing, we all know that these actions have been a part of the reprisals towards the Caribbean island that reveals the world that solely solidarity can save us as a species,” stated that group.
Communist Celebration of Colombia President Jaime Caicedo assured that Cuba’s removing from the listing is the triumph of purpose and the persistence of its folks, its authorities, its Celebration, its Revolution and the clamor of solidarity of the peoples of the world.
He knowledgeable that they might proceed to combat for the full lifting of the blockade.
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