{"id":222861,"date":"2025-01-22T08:29:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T12:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=222861"},"modified":"2025-01-22T08:34:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T12:34:23","slug":"trump-reinstates-cuba-as-state-sponsor-of-terrorism-reversing-bidens-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/trump-reinstates-cuba-as-state-sponsor-of-terrorism-reversing-bidens-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump reinstates Cuba as state sponsor of terrorism, reversing Biden&#8217;s decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-1569441150\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>SOURCE: CBS NEWS- <\/strong>On his first day in office,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/trump-presidential-inauguration-day-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">President Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0reinstated\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/tag\/cuba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cuba<\/a>&#8216;s designation as a state sponsor of terrorism, reversing an executive order issued by former President Joe Biden just last week.<\/p><div id=\"antig-2607210436\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:169\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:576\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:432\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:864\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/news\/cuba-starts-freeing-prisoners-a-day-after-the-us-said-it-would-lift-terror-designation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Biden had announced plans<\/a>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/news\/south-florida-republicans-slam-biden-over-cuba-terror-list-removal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lift the designation<\/a>&nbsp;as part of a Vatican-brokered deal to free political prisoners in Cuba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the announcement, Cuban authorities began releasing detainees, including some arrested during the 2021 protests over economic hardships and government policies.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3175878223\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img 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696px\" width=\"1047\" height=\"1280\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Among those freed was 24-year-old Reyna Yacnara Barreto Batista, who had been serving a four-year sentence for public disorder.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3042477957\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"culinary\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:132\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 300w, 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gradually, framing the move as part of the Vatican&#8217;s 2025 Jubilee celebration, not directly tied to U.S. actions.<\/p><div id=\"antig-4226100879\" class=\"antig-content_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"IMG_0783\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png 500w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Cuba&#8217;s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodr\u00edguez criticized the reinstatement of the terrorism designation, calling it &#8220;a tool of political coercion&#8221; rather than a genuine effort to combat terrorism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Trump&#8217;s reversal aligns with his administration&#8217;s hardline stance on Cuba and is supported by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/marco-rubio-confirmed-secretary-of-state-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Secretary of State Marco Rubio<\/a>, who has long advocated for sanctions against the island nation.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1569761312\" class=\"antig-content_3 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"1000436969\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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Biden had announced plans&nbsp;to&nbsp;lift the designation&nbsp;as part of a Vatican-brokered deal to free political prisoners in Cuba. 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