Cuba has maintained an invitation to the United States to cooperate in law enforcement mechanisms, said José Ramón Cabañas, director of the Center for International Policy Research.

Havana, Cuba.- The former Cuban ambassador to Washington made this statement while speaking on Wednesday at a virtual event on U.S. policy towards Latin America during the first 100 days of the Joe Biden Administration.

The event, which will have a second day on the 30th, included other speakers from Cuba, Argentina, the United States, and Mexico and was moderated by Wagner Iglesias, sociologist, and professor at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Cabañas said that when his country and the North American nation cooperate in the mentioned fields, international criminals are concerned, but this does not happen, he added, due to the lack of joint work.

So far, the Biden administration has not responded to calls from civil society, Congress, non-governmental organizations, and U.S. institutions to review the policy towards Cuba, said the diplomat.

Because of the decision not to act, he stressed that Donald Trump's presidential directive, which reversed Barack Obama's policies on the island, remains unchanged.

The current government can rectify, to do so is wise, suggested Cabañas, who rejected Trump's decision in his last days in the White House to include Cuba again in the unilateral list of state sponsors of terrorism. (RHC)