The government of Venezuela categorically rejected the inclusion of Cuba on the list drawn up by the United States to classify countries that, in the words of the U.S. government, do not cooperate fully against terrorism, while denouncing that this attack adds to the long list of aggressions against the Caribbean island.
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00:00And the government of Venezuela categorically rejected the inclusion of Cuba on the list drawn up by the United States to classify countries that, in the words of the U.S. government, do not cooperate fully against terrorism, while denouncing that this attack adds to the long list of aggressions against the Caribbean island.
00:17In a statement issued by the Venezuelan authorities, they say that this new attack is not due to security reasons or verifiable facts. It is a political decision motivated by the desire to punish sovereignty, to persecute the example of dignity of a people that has not surrendered, and to unleash new forms of economic and diplomatic strangling against the Cuban revolution.
00:39They concluded by detailing that Cuba has resisted a brutal blockade for more than six decades, and has responded with solidarity, cooperation and commitment to world peace.
00:49This example is uncomfortable precisely because it has not given in. Venezuela expresses its subtle solidarity with the Cuban government and people, and warns that this maneuver only confirms the moral and political exhaustion of an international political class
01:04that, unable to subdue free peoples, resources to the use of lies, criminalization, and collective punishment.