D.C. Council resolution: Cuba is a target, not a terrorist state
March 13, 2023 12:20 PM CDT BY ADRIAN TORRES-TRIGO AND GABRIEL SEBHATU
A man sits in his car's window wearing a T-shirt that reads in Spanish, 'Down with the blockade of Cuba,' while driving past the U.S. Embassy in Havana during a rally against the blockade on March 28, 2021. | Ramon Espinosa / AP
WASHINGTON—A group of local councilors in the District of Columbia is urging the Biden administration to remove Cuba from the State Sponsors of Terrorism List and lift the six-decade-old political and economic blockade of the island.
On Feb. 10, 2023, a resolution was introduced pushing for an end to anti-Cuban hostilities—PR25-0113, “Sense of the Council on the Restoration of Cuban American Relations Resolution of 2023.”
The resolution represents significant progress in the fight to end the U.S. government’s economic stranglehold and harassment of the Cuban people. So far, eight councilmembers have signaled support of the resolution, including Robert White (At-Large), Anita Bonds (At-Large), Kenyan McDuffie (At-Large), Brianne Nadeau (Ward 1), Janeese Lewis-George (Ward 4), Zachary Parker (Ward 5), Charles Allen (Ward 6), and Vincent Gray (Ward 7).
Council Chair Phil Mendelson has also expressed support for the resolution, which shows that D.C. Council may become the next major metropolitan area to pass a resolution showing solidarity with Cuba. A local coalition naming itself the D.C. Network to Normalize Relations with Cuba is being spearheaded by the National Network on Cuba and the Claudia Jones School for Political Education.
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https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/d-c-council-resolution-cuba-is-a-target-not-a-terrorist-state/
