(21 Jan 2025)
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Havana, Cuba – 21 January 2025
1. Various of poster with photos of the leaders of the Cuban revolution Fidel and Raul Castro and the president of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel
2. Various of local resident Willian González and his friends in the street singing to a tourist, UPSOUND (Spanish) "Long live the USA"
3. González speaking to tourist
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Willian González, street musician: ++STARTS ON SHOT 2++
“From what I know, from what I have seen in my life, (Cuba) has many flaws. But I do not believe that we are capable of supporting terrorism.”
5. Wide of American and Cuban flags on the U.S. embassy building
6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Yudit Sayas, local resident: ++STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT AND PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOT 7++
“Again, all the blockade and everything is against Cuba. That (going back to the list of countries sponsoring terrorism) sums it all up. Their (United States) aim is to crush us.”
7. Mid of American flag at U.S. Embassy
8. People walking in street
9. Local resident, Car Luis Roque, standing in front of store
10. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Car Luis Roque, local resident: ++STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT++
“I don’t care about politics. My daily struggle is to feed my family and get ahead.”
11. Cars driving in street
STORYLINE:
Residents in Cuba on Tuesday said they were not surprised by U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to redesignate Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism.
Former President Joe Biden lifted the designation last week, but Trump on Monday reversed the executive order.
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel described Trump’s decision as an act of “arrogance and contempt for the truth.”
“It is not surprising. His goal is to continue strengthening the cruel economic war against Cuba for the purpose of domination,” Díaz-Canel said on the social platform X.
Reacting to the news on Tuesday Willian González, who works as a street musician in the capital, Havana, said that from everything he has experienced "Cuba has many flaws but is not capable of supporting terrorism.”
Another Havana resident, Yudit Sayas, said Trump’s decision was just another attempt “to crush us."
Díaz-Canel said that being on the list, along with the U.S. embargo, is one of the reasons behind the “shortages” on the island that are driving people to immigrate to the U.S. territory.
AP video by Ariel Fernández and Milexsy Durán
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