SOURCE: CBS NEWS- On his first day in office, President Donald Trump reinstated Cuba‘s designation as a state sponsor of terrorism, reversing an executive order issued by former President Joe Biden just last week.
Biden had announced plans to lift the designation as part of a Vatican-brokered deal to free political prisoners in Cuba.
Following the announcement, Cuban authorities began releasing detainees, including some arrested during the 2021 protests over economic hardships and government policies.
Among those freed was 24-year-old Reyna Yacnara Barreto Batista, who had been serving a four-year sentence for public disorder.
Barreto Batista told the AP she and eight others were released from a prison in Camagüey, though officials warned them their release was conditional on good behavior.
The Cuban government stated it planned to release 553 prisoners gradually, framing the move as part of the Vatican’s 2025 Jubilee celebration, not directly tied to U.S. actions.
Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez criticized the reinstatement of the terrorism designation, calling it “a tool of political coercion” rather than a genuine effort to combat terrorism.
Mr. Trump’s reversal aligns with his administration’s hardline stance on Cuba and is supported by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who has long advocated for sanctions against the island nation.
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Politics at its worst. It’s now tit for tat. I knew this would have happened. Biden removed Cuba as a country of state sponsored terrorism only to be reinstated by Trump less than a week later. Chaos reigns even in the US and their international policies and I guess we are only beginning to see the start of another 4 years of turmoil and discord in US foreign policy.
There is no way we get a US embassy here under the Trump administration.
Nothing new here. It was expected. If Biden was true to himself he would not have waited until the eleventh hour to do this. He is fake and a deceiver. He called Cuba a failed state, not recognizing that Cuba is the way it is because of the sanctions that America has placed on them. The Miami Cubans would never allow any president to lift that embargo without a political price to pay. They believe that to be the only way that the regime will fall. It is sad but that is how it is. So the gimmick that Biden did while going out the door was not even celebrated 24 hours. or so.
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