US says Cuba still not cooperating fully against terrorism

The Biden administration on Tuesday once again listed Cuba among a group of countries that the United States says are “not cooperating fully” in its fight against terrorism, drawing a sharp rebuke from Havana.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in a notice published in the U.S. Federal Register, named Cuba among five countries – along with Iran, North Korea, Venezuela and Syria – that the United States says fall short of its expectations on the issue.

The State Department is required by law to provide this list annually to the U.S. Congress.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said on Twitter: “The mendacious accusations against Cuba regarding terrorism persist from Washington, an abominable crime that the U.S. has practiced without scruples and that it opportunistically uses as a tool of political coercion.”

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