Cuba’s Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodriguez, denounced today that the new ban on travel to the U.S. by nationals of several countries has racist undertones.
Through the social network X, the top representative of the island’s diplomacy pointed out that the measure, applied with the support of anti-Cuban politicians, harms the contact between the families of this nation, and damages the personal, professional, academic and cultural exchanges between both countries.
The U.S. president signed a proclamation the day before to ban and restrict travel from several countries to the United States, citing alleged security risks.
Citing security risks, Donald Trump decided to ban the entry into his country of citizens from 12 countries (Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen).
While it “partially restricts and limits” the entry of citizens of seven nations that, according to the directive, “also represent a high level of risk to the United States” and in that case includes Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela.
Regarding this West Indian nation, President Trump repeated the false and arbitrary arguments that the island is a state sponsor of terrorism and that “the Cuban government does not cooperate or share sufficient law enforcement information with the United States.”
With information from Prensa Latina
Translated by Aliani Rojas Fernandez
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