The deputy director general of the U.S. Directorate of the Cuban Foreign Ministry, Johana Tablada, described as genocidal the inclusion of Cuba in the unilateral list of countries that allegedly sponsor terrorism.
In an interview granted to the Cuban News Channel, the diplomat explained that the recent exclusion of the island from a list of nations that “do not fully cooperate in the fight against terrorism” does not mean its elimination from the general list of the State Department that imposes measures against this Caribbean country.
That unilateral measure constitutes one of the main genocidal tools of the White House to asphyxiate the Cuban people, and it persists, in spite of the fact that more and more voices are being raised against such injustice, she pointed out.
She affirmed that Washington uses the presence of Cuba in such a list as a justification for the unilateral coercive measures derived from them, which are associated with the purpose of asphyxiating the Island’s economy and holding the Government responsible for their impact.
She also pointed out that the U.S. Executive is simultaneously promoting a well-financed systematic communicational operation, in the mainstream press and digital platforms, to hold the victim country responsible for the impact of these inhumane measures, which significantly affect the population.

The firm rejection to the interference behavior and the slanderous messages of the U.S. Government and its Embassy in Cuba, regarding internal matters of the national reality, was made known to the Chargé d’Affaires of that legation, Benjamin Ziff.
Summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by Vice Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío, he was handed a formal note of protest. He was reminded of the minimum standards of decency and honesty expected of a diplomatic mission in any country, and which the U.S. Embassy in Cuba is incapable of observing, according to a communiqué published by the Cuban Foreign Ministry.
It was also emphasized that the U.S. diplomatic office and its personnel are obliged to behave in accordance with the norms of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.
The Minrex publication explained that, at the meeting, attention was also drawn to the direct responsibility of the U.S. government for the difficult economic situation Cuba is going through and, specifically, for the shortages and difficulties faced by the population on a daily basis, with the depression and insufficiency of supplies and essential services, under the weight and impact of the economic blockade designed to destroy the economic capacity of the country.
Likewise, the ostensible determination of the U.S. government to limit and hinder every effort of the Cuban State to find solutions and provide answers to the economic and social needs of the country was repudiated.
Once again, Cuba denounced the destabilizing plan and its execution; the reinforcement of a merciless economic war to provoke and exploit the natural irritation of the population; and the way in which all this is financed every year with tens of millions of dollars from the U.S. federal budget.
The powerful technological infrastructure of that country to exploit digital networks for aggressive purposes, the complicity of important media outlets of the major U.S. and international press, and the mercenary support of people based mainly in South Florida, were denounced by the Cuban Foreign Ministry.
“If the U.S. Government had a minimum and honest concern about the welfare of the Cuban population, it would remove Cuba from the arbitrary list of States that allegedly sponsor terrorism; it would put an end to the persecution of fuel supplies that the country needs to import; would stop pursuing every financial transaction of Cuba in the world; would put an end to the rude persecution against Cuba’s medical cooperation programs in the world; would stop intimidating businessmen, visitors, artists and any person who feels the interest and the right to interact with the Cuban people,” reads the statement.