The Biden administration lifted Cuba's designation as a state sponsor of terrorism on Tuesday, four years after the Trump White House issued the designation.
In the last days before U.S. President Joe Biden departed the White House, he was somehow persuaded to take a second look at the U.S.-Cuba relationship. All I can say to President Biden is: that was one long Cuba policy review given that it was first initiated in February 2021.
Less than a week before leaving the White House, President Joe Biden is lifting the state sponsor of terrorism designation for Cuba.
The White House will remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, part of a series of steps to ease US policy toward the communist country in a bid to secure the release of political prisoners.
President Joe Biden has notified Congress of his intent to lift the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, the White House announced, as part of a deal facilitated by the Catholic C
In addition to removing Cuba from the terror list, the White House will also issue the country a waiver from Title III of the 1996 Helms-Burton Act, which strengthened embargo provisions against Cuba. Title III of the law allows U.S. citizens to sue individuals allegedly trafficking in property expropriated by the country’s communist government.
The move was part of a sweeping executive order signed by Trump on Monday night that rescinds 78 executive actions taken by Biden over the course of his presidency.
US President Donald Trump reversed Joe Biden's decision to remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, just hours after his inauguration. Biden had planned to remove Cuba from the list in exchange for the release of 553 prisoners.
President Joe Biden is planning to lift Cuba's designation as a "state sponsor of terrorism" in the final days of his administration.
The White House announced a plan to lift the designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, sending the incoming Trump administration another curveball just days before President Joe Biden leaves office.
President Biden on Tuesday notified Congress of his intent to lift the US designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, the White House announced, as part of a deal facilitated by the ...
The Biden administration is notifying Congress of its intent to lift the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, the White House announced, as part of a deal facilitated by the Catholic Church to free political prisoners on the island.