Excarcelación de prisioneros en Cuba
Poco después de que la Administración Biden anunciara este martes la retirada del régimen de Cuba de la lista de estados patrocinadores del terrorismo, el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Cuba (Minrex) compartió un comunicado con la decisión de la dictadura castrista de "conceder la excarcelación a 553 personas".
Poco después de que la Administración Biden anunciara este martes la retirada del régimen de Cuba de la lista de estados patrocinadores del terrorismo, el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Cuba (Minrex) compartió un comunicado con la decisión de la dictadura castrista de "conceder la excarcelación a 553 personas".
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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.