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Cuba puts San José in check for double standard over
terrorism
SAN JOSE (PL).—A draft special
declaration on terrorism was circulating the halls
and corridors of the Herradura Hotel this Wednesday,
threatening to expose double standards during the
14th Ibero-American Summit. Diplomats consulted by
by Prensa Latina acknowedged that there is fear
within certain delegations and many delegates do not
even dare to debate its text in the absence of
foreign ministers or even heads of state or
government.
The tranquility or consensus of
the 14th Summit could break down over this issue,
because the author of the proposal is Cuba and it
calls on the dignitaries present to speak out
clearly on this scourge, employed by the United
States and its allies in diverse regions as a
pretext for aggression.
Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister
Rafael Daussá informed Prensa Latina that the draft
document is being analyzed by the coordinators but
that its content is very strong and could be passed
on to the sessions of diplomatic heads in this
Thursday’s session or that of leaders on Friday.
Beyond the traditional terms of
the need to reject and condemn all forms of
terrorism, the text challenges governments to
categorically condemn the pardon granted to four
notorious criminals by the former Panamanian
president, Mireya Moscoso.
Although the document is merely a
work tool it is shaking some people in at this
meeting for demanding the arrest and trial of
terrorists of Cuban origin Luis Posada Carriles,
Gaspar Jiménez, Guillermo Novo and Pedro Remón.
According to Daussá, countries
must clearly state whether they are following the
double standard of the U.S. policy of classifying
terrorists as good or bad, given that three of the
above are walking the streets of Miami in total
freedom.
Precisely in the run-up to the
14th Ibero-American Summit, the Costa Rican Ministry
of Public Security denied journalistic reports on
preparations for an attempt on the life of
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez plotted by
followers of Posada Carriles, a escapee from justice
in that country.
The draft declaration asked the
authorities of the region to locate Posada Carriles
and extradite him to the nations wanting him to be
brought to justice.
The cards are on the table, but
the four terrorists who attempted to assassinate the
Cuban leader, Fidel Castro, at the Panamanian Summit
in 2000 have been released due to complicity between
Moscoso and the United States and who knows which
other countries.
In addition to the Panamanian
chapter, Posada Carriles’ criminal record includes
the sabotage of a Cubana passenger plane with 73
people aboard and planting bombs in the island’s
hotels, while Jiménez also participated in the plans
for those actions against Cuban installations and
killed a fishing technician in Mexico.
Having placed explosive devices
in Cuban embassies, aircraft and vessels, Novo
assassinated Chilean Popular Unity Foreign Minister
Orlando Letelier and Remón, among other actions,
killed a Cuban diplomat and an émigré.
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