00:00JORGE LAGAÑOA, President of the Latin American Agency. First of all, I would like to thank
00:16you to give us this space to bring you a question that our people is doing and we have received
00:22also. I would like to go back for a moment to the executive order from last week that
00:28is interesting, different that is focused, this national emergency that was set. I would
00:37ask you to ask you some questions, one after the other. I would like, are we a country that
00:46are patrocinators of international terrorism? Narrative North America speak about protection
00:53of terrorism in our country. Are there military forces in Cuba? Are intelligence forces from
01:02other nations in Cuban soil? Or are there current conversations with U.S. to establish intelligent
01:13bases or military bases in Cuba more than the one that historically exists? You are asking
01:23a question that you have asked thousands of times and we have seen you speaking about these topics
01:31and this is something that is also in the public agenda in the debate in our country.
01:37Well, when you see the history of the Cuban Revolution, we can find how systematically, how deep, how
01:52debilish the government of USAID have promoted terrorist acts against Cuba. Here we have the more than
02:04600 attempts against our commander-in-chief or a group of historical events of terrorism. Now, I would like
02:17to remember some of the provinces, Boca de Sama in Holguín, lucha against bandits, bandits, gangs in the
02:28city of the city that killed, executed, assassinated farmers and revolutionaries. Among them, a young guy like
02:42Manuela Kunze, who was teaching farmers to have the light of the knowledge. And we have to say that something
02:53that is very common to all these events, all these terrorist actions, is that they have been organized, paid,
03:05and supported by different governments of the United States. One of the actions more remembered in our
03:16country because due to its connotation and by the deep words of our commander-in-chief that was the crime
03:26against the Barbados plain where 73 people were assassinated. In a visit that we did in the Caribbean
03:34and some years ago, we had the chance to pay homage to the fallen ones in that crime, sharing with one of the
03:44sons of one of the victims of that attempt against the flight, Justin Cremata, the director of La Comanita Group. I
04:02remember that in that place, in that afternoon, in the presence of the Barbadian First Minister, it was very emotional. It was very
04:12feeling, in particular for Tino. With his work, he narrated all the grave that he filled together with his family for the loss of his father.
04:28I will tell you more. We all know about plans to terrorist acts that are being paid and supported and
04:40being prepared in the USA to attack Cuba in a moment like this. And at a time, we are going to give that
04:49information, we are going to denounce it, that it deserves. How could he, how dare he to speak about
05:00terrorism to a country that has been a victim from themselves? It is, and they have the nerve to do,
05:07it's immorality. It is manipulation, it is a lie. But we have very recent events, how dishonest
05:19government of USA has moved the topic of terrorism, making Cuba the guilty one. Let's remember
05:30remember, when there was a few days before for assuming the president of USA, Cuba was included
05:46just in countries that support terrorism. And this is something that is very harmful for our country in
05:54the financial way. And with the possibilities of many, a group of enterprises to work with Cuba.
06:03It is a measure that is coercitive measure and a pressure measure against others.
06:14And they write on us this classification, and they included Cuba in that list without any proof.
06:21Biden kept that position during his term of office. And in the last days of his term of office,
06:31he take us out from that list of people, countries that support terrorism, that he was acknowledging
06:39that there was not any proof to include us in that list. And Trump's arrives again to the presidents,
06:48and in a few days. And in a few days, he included us, he signed us in in that list.
06:55It is not a fair valuation. It is a manipulation, political manipulation that deals with the
07:03administration of USA. Then Cuba is not a terrorist country. Cuba, it is not a threat for the security of
07:13the United States. Cuba has never done or made proposals or has done any aggressive action that endanger
07:28the territorial integrity or the security or stability of the government of the United States. We do not
07:38protect terrorists. There are not military forces in Cuba from other nations or any other group.
07:50There are not military bases from other countries in Cuba.
07:54Cuba. We have military cooperation and military agreements with friend countries and allies countries,
08:06but that do not mean that there are military bases in Cuba. Yes, in Cuba, there is a military base,
08:12an illegal military base. And it is a North America illegal base in the soil of Guantanamo province against our will.
08:27Who are the ones that have military bases all over the world? Who are the ones that is distinguished
08:34for a lot of military bases? What are the ones that have a military base in Cuba? Are the terrorists
08:57against boats and disappear people in the Caribbean who were not linked to narcotrafic
09:07in an extrajudicial way, without investigation, without evidence, is not a terrorist act.
09:15Then what are you talking about? What side are you in? Which is the principal state in
09:24the world that is a danger for the security in the world, for the peace in the world,
09:29United States. That's the vision I have about this issue, Alejandro.
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