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NEW: Biden Removes State Sponsor Of Terrorism Designation From Cuba

President Biden is set to notify Congress that he will be lifting the state sponsor of terrorism designation applied to the communist government of Cuba, the White House announced. The major move — which comes during Biden’s final week in the White House — comes as part of a deal facilitated by the Catholic Church aimed at freeing political prisoners, according to a report from the Associated Press,

Multiple “senior U.S.administration officials,” who spoke on the condition, told the AP that “many dozens” of political prisoners and additional people who have been unjustly detained by the Cuban regime would be released during the final hours of the Biden Administration on January 20. The U.S. would also ease economic pressure on the island nation, while President Biden would rescind a 2017, Trump-issued memorandum that outlined a more aggressive posture towards Cuba. A separate source told CNN that the plan is very much in motion, noting that an “assessment has been completed, and we do not have information that supports Cuba’s designation.”

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo designated Cuba’s government in January 2021, stating that Havana was “providing support for acts of international terrorism in granting safe harbor to terrorists.” The state sponsor of terrorism designation came after Cuba refused to extradite members of a Colombian militant organization that claimed responsibility for a 2019 bombing that killed 22 people and injured 87 others at a Bogotá police academy in 2017.

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