Cuba and the State Sponsors of Terrorism List
Abstract
Cuba was first added to the State Department s list of states sponsoring international terrorism in 1982, pursuant to Section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (P.L. 96-72). At the time, numerous U.S. government reports and statements under the Reagan Administration alleged Cuba's ties to international terrorism and its support for terrorist groups in Latin America. Cuba had a history of supporting revolutionary movements and governments in Latin America and Africa, but in 1992 Fidel Castro stressed that his country s support for insurgents abroad was a thing of the past. Cuba s policy change was in large part a result of Cuba s diminishing resources following the breakup of the Soviet Union and the loss of billions of dollars in annual subsidies to Cuba. Cuba remains on the State Department s terrorism list with five other countries: Iran, Libya, Syria, Sudan, and North Korea. According to the State Department s Country Reports on Terrorism 2004 (issued in April 2005), Cuba s actions and public statements run contrary to the spirit of the U.N. conventions on terrorism that it has signed. The report asserts that in 2004 Cuba continued to actively oppose the U.S.-led coalition prosecuting the global war on terrorism. The State Department report asserted that Cuba continued to provide limited support to designated foreign terrorist organizations and to provide safe haven for terrorists and for over 70 U.S. fugitives from justice who continue to live on the island.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 13, 2005
- Accession Number
- ADA444792
Entities
People
- Mark P. Sullivan
Organizations
- Federation of American Scientists