00:00Shortly after the Biden administration announced this Tuesday the withdrawal of Cuba from the list of terrorism-sponsoring states,
00:08the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, MINREX,
00:11shared a statement with the decision of the Castro dictatorship to grant incarceration to 553 people.
00:20The regime did not mention in the official note the political condition of the imprisonment of these people,
00:27who would be gradually benefited.
00:57The reason for the democratic violence and the governments of the United States is the fact of imprisoning innocent people.
01:04President Biden has done everything possible in his administration to help the tyranny in Havana,
01:08as well as the tyranny in Managua and the tyranny in Caracas.
01:12We are not surprised that this president betrays the United States,
01:16betraying also the cause of the freedom of the Cuban people.
01:20And what he does is basically give economic oxygen to the repressive apparatus of the Castro regime
01:25so that it continues to repress people.
01:27I have always said during the four years of President Biden,
01:30never listen to what he is saying, you have to look at what he is doing.
01:35And this is a final act, well, it may not be final because he still has five days
01:39to damage the interests of the United States, but also to damage the interests of the Cuban people.
01:45It is a very clear point, it is a point of consensus, I think, of Cuban society,
01:49and it is that the Cuban regime must continue on the list of countries that sponsor terrorism
01:54and also all the regulations, the laws, the consequences must be applied
02:00so that the Cuban regime is on that list.
02:05Joe Biden decided to withdraw Cuba from the list of countries sponsoring terrorism
02:10and has generated an intense wave of reactions in southern Florida and Cuba.
02:14Both local politicians and Cuban exiles and opponents on the island
02:19have livened up the debate about the relations between the United States and Castroism.
02:24My point is that freedom has no price.
02:28As long as there is not a sorrowful pact, right?
02:32We have always said it, as long as there is not a sorrowful pact,
02:35a sorrowful agreement that involves morality and prestige of political prisoners,
02:41the freedom of political prisoners has no price.
02:45Therefore, in my opinion, if they are political prisoners who are going to be released in exchange for this agreement,
02:56welcome, and although I do not see it as a gesture of goodwill of the Cuban regime,
03:03because in fact, if a negotiation is not a gesture of goodwill of the Cuban regime,
03:09if it is necessary and if it is important for their families, above all,
03:17for their families, above all, who are the ones who are suffering.
03:21About an hour ago, the major media outlets around the world
03:25are spreading the news that President Joe Biden withdrew Cuba from the list of countries
03:33sponsoring international terrorism.
03:36I think this is a wrong policy by the President of the United States,
03:41since Cuba, throughout these 66 years of cruel and bloody dictatorship,
03:47has sponsored international terrorism.
03:50In this sense, I would also like to clarify that terrorism is not just putting a bomb.
03:55Terrorism is any action that is carried out and that causes terror in the peoples,
04:02in large crowds of people.
04:04And I can say that the imprisonment of hundreds of peaceful demonstrators on July 11, 2021
04:11constitutes a high level of state terrorism that is aimed and designed to cause terror
04:19in the people of Cuba so that they do not go out to protest peacefully in the streets to demand their rights.
04:25The Cuban dictatorship, through its spokesmen, reacted to the announcement.
04:29The Cuban government has remained in communication with Pope Francis and his representatives
04:35and, as in the past, has informed His Holiness about review processes,
04:40process of imprisonment of people who are deprived of freedom.
04:43This is a practice that is common in our justice system.
04:47The decision of the Biden administration comes at a delicate moment,
04:52a few days after the change of command in the White House,
04:55which has fueled speculation about whether it is a strategic move or a symbolic gesture of the last hour.
05:02Meanwhile, the future of relations between the two countries remains uncertain,
05:06with the return of a tougher approach,
05:08foreseen under the administration of Donald Trump and his new Secretary of State, Marco Rubio.
05:14For Cuba to leave the list of terrorist countries,
05:20we have been its currency of change.
05:23I hope to see my husband and my brothers-in-arms soon.
05:28We will continue to fight for the freedom of Cuba
05:32and I am ready to give any statement to anyone who needs it
05:37so that the whole world knows about our life in prison and currently outside of it.
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