US EditionBiden Administration Will Announce It's Lifting State Sponsor of Terrorism Designation for Cuba
- The Biden administration is expected to lift the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, according to U.S. officials.
- Human rights groups, including the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, have urged the Biden administration to make this decision.
- The Biden administration found "no credible evidence" of Cuba supporting international terrorism.
- President Joe Biden's intent to lift the designation is linked to a deal initiated by the Catholic Church for freeing political prisoners in Cuba.
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Cuba begins release of jailed protesters under US terror list deal
Honoring a deal with US President Joe Biden's administration which saw it removed from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism, the Cuban government started releasing jailed protesters on Wednesday, despite the possibility of incoming US President Donald Trump reversing Biden's decision.
The president of the United States, Joe Biden, and the Vatican negotiated with the Cuban regime an agreement for the release of 553 prisoners, a movement that, although presented as a measure of "good will", keeps political opponents of the government without real freedoms.
Tuesday promised to be an ordinary day in the life of Barbara Isaac Rojas, until in the afternoon she connected to the social network Facebook. People talked about the possible release of 553 Cuban prisoners after conversations by the government of Miguel Díaz-Canel with The Vatican. At 10 p.m., she received a call from the director of the prison for women of Guajamal, in the province of Villa Clara, requesting her presence the next day to talk …
The Cuban Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, said Wednesday that Cuba should never have been included in the list of countries that sponsor terrorism, and said that the decision of the United States Government to exclude Cuba is going in the right direction, but it is limited and late. READ ALBA-TCP ALBA-TCP celebrates the exclusion of Cuba from the list of countries that sponsor terrorism In connection with two official statements issu…
Cuba libre? Biden takes island off terror list
As the sun sets on his presidency, Joe Biden announced this week that he has removed Cuba from the list of US State Sponsors of Terrorism. In exchange, under a deal brokered by the Catholic Church, Havana agreed to gradually release 553 political prisoners, possibly including some of the 671 protesters jailed after anti-government demonstrations in July 2021.Biden also pledged to lift financial restrictions and suspended claims on confiscated Cu…
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