Biden removes Cuba's designation as state sponsor of terrorism [View all]

JAN. 14, 2025 / 9:15 PM

By Sheri Walsh

Jan. 14 (UPI) -- The Biden administration removed Cuba's designation as a state sponsor of terrorism on Tuesday, reversing the Trump administration's 2021 policy less than a week before President-elect Donald Trump takes office and prompting Cuba to release hundreds of political prisoners.

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"I thank all those who contributed to the decision announced today by the United States to remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, where it should never have been and which, together with two other measures adopted, has had a high cost for the country and Cuban families," Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez wrote Tuesday in a post on X.

Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, also applauded the move. "The decision to remove Cuba from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list reflects a necessary alignment of policy with facts," Meeks said in a statement Tuesday. "This shift is a clear demonstration that sanctions, when used as a policy rather than a targeted tool, fail to bring about change."

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The Trump administration gave Cuba the designation as a state sponsor of terrorism in January 2021, shortly before Biden took office.

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