Carlos Fernández de Cossio, Cuba's deputy foreign minister, said Tuesday that the communist regime will seek a second term for President-elect Donald Trump in January and the economic impact it could have on the cash-strapped regime. I'm concerned,” he admitted.
Fernández de Cossio made the remarks to reporters at an official government event commemorating the 10th anniversary of “.thaw in cuba”, a series of policies enacted by former U.S. President Barack Obama that granted significant concessions to the Cuban communists.
The Castro regime also took the opportunity to mark the 10th anniversary of the return of the Cuba Five, a spy group widely believed to be responsible for infiltrating Cuban exile communities in the United States and providing information to the Castro regime. Four Americans were killed in 1996.
“Of course, we are concerned about the impact it will have on our economy, especially with further hostility from the United States,” Fernández de Cossio said. said “It has proven to be a very powerful and highly effective destructive force that causes harm and has the potential to impact the standard of living of the population,” the reporters said.
According to Fernández de Cossio, the “most catastrophic” scenario for Cuba is being planned after President Trump's reelection, but he says it is the scenario that the Cuban diaspora in Florida “hopes for.” insisted. The communist official added that increasing “instability and violence” on the island “should not be in the interest of the American nation as a whole.” Fernández de Cossio also said he was confident that the Castro regime would survive President Trump's second term.
“We know we can survive. In four years, the Trump administration will be over and Cuba, socialist Cuba, will be here,” Fernández de Cossio said.
Cuba's Deputy Foreign Minister acknowledged that the next four years may not be easy for the Castro regime, as Cuba is currently facing a dire humanitarian crisis and is on the brink of complete ruin. This is a direct result of over 60 years of disastrous communist policies. made in large quantities hungerwidely spread shortage medical, complete collapse Cuba's ongoing population collapse due to the destruction of the country's power grid and other public infrastructure, and the largest electricity supply. Exodus Throughout the history of this country, Cubans have fled communism.
Throughout the year, the Castro regime attempted to overcome the devastation caused by communism with a series of “wartime economies.” countermeasure In a desperate effort to “save socialism”. By late November, emergency measures appeared to be having an effect. No effect anything to reverse the dramatic situation in Cuba, the Castro regime make a public appeal International sympathizers who financed communist rallies in Paris, France.
Fernández de Cossio argued that former President Obama's “Cuba thaw'' policy was good for both Cuba and the United States, creating a “euphoria'' in both countries. The official also said the “brief approach” experienced through President Obama's policies supports the Cuban people's “willingness to move forward,” despite the U.S. “embargo” in place. It also details what will happen.
Cuba's deputy foreign minister accused Washington of failing to honor “virtually all” of the commitments it made to Cuba within President Obama's “thaw” framework — instead, he said, “all” of the commitments. This is different from Cuba, which defended the United States in 1959.Since the birth of the Castro regime in 1959, “what has spread” to the United States has been “invasion.”
“In this difficult relationship, there is an aggressor and an invaded state,” Fernández de Cossio argued.
The communist official also lamented that the outgoing administration of US President Joe Biden did not remove Cuba from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism (SST). Cuba first appeared on the list from 1982 to 2015, until former President Barack Obama removed the island nation's designation as part of his “Cuban Thaw” policy.
president-elect trump redesignated Cuba became a state sponsor of terrorism in January 2021 due to the Castro regime's deep ties to international terrorist organizations such as the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), Hamas, Hezbollah, and Colombian Marxist terrorist organizations FARC and ELN. Ta.
“The United States knows that Cuba does not support terrorism. But the companies are also well aware of the harm that remaining on the list will cause, and that is the goal they have pursued. “, said Fernández de Cossio.
The outgoing Biden administration has not changed Cuba's SST designation at the time of writing; deleted In mid-May, Cuba was removed from the State Department's list of countries “not fully cooperating” with counterterrorism efforts and granted new concessions. package Later that month, it granted the Castro regime access to the U.S. banking system to what it described as Cuban “independent private entrepreneurs.”
Biden administration will be inaugurated in 2022 reversed Restrictions imposed by President-elect Trump during his first term prevent Cuban military officials from funding the repression apparatus in the form of money sent to Cubans from abroad. report published By early December El Nuevo Herald It has been revealed that the Castro regime used the rescinded restrictions to trick the Biden administration into raising military funding and circumventing sanctions imposed by President-elect Trump on the Cuban military.
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