President Joe Biden made the decision less than a week after leaving the government. The reasons.
The president of the United States, Joe Biden, announced this Tuesday that he removed Cuba from the list of countries that sponsor the terrorism. Less than a week after leaving the Government, the head of state modified the list current of organizations that promote terrorist activities. It is part of an agreement to release political prisoners on the island.
Through the “Certification of Rescission of the Designation of Cuba as a State Sponsor of Terrorism”the White House announced in the last few hours one of Biden’s last decisions before the transfer of command to Donald Trump.
The US government stated that Miguel Díaz Canel’s administration “has not provided any support for international terrorism during the previous 6-month period” and “has given assurances that it will not support acts of international terrorism in the future.”
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The decision has as a counterpart a promise from the authorities of the Cuba to free dozens of political prisoners before they Biden leave the government on January 20. In addition, some economic pressures that suffocate the island’s economyamong them, a memorandum issued by trump in 2017.
Although the change shows a rapprochement between both countries, it is expected that, once he takes office trump in power in the United States to reverse the decision. The future Republican Secretary of State will be Marco Rubio, a fervent opponent of the Cuban regime.
The family of Blond left the island in 1950, years before the revolution led by Fidel Castro and Ernesto Guevara. The former senator has spoken out on multiple occasions in favor of imposing new sanctions on the government of Diaz Canel.
Source: Ambito
