Read more about Trump administration re-designates Cuba as state sponsor of terrorism on Business Standard. The Trump administration has re-designated Cuba as a "state sponsor of terrorism", reversing an Obama-era decision days ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden
By Michael W. Chapman | January 11, 2021 | 4:00pm EST
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On Monday, Jan. 11, the U.S. State Department placed communist Cuba back on the list of state sponsors of terrorism, which also includes Iran, Syria, and North Korea. Cuba had been taken off the list by the Obama administration in 2015.
“The Cuban government has fed, housed, and provided medical care for murderers, bombmakers, and hijackers, while many Cubans go hungry, homeless, and without basic medicine,” said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a statement.
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Cuba is harboring, for instance, American fugitive and murderer
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