WASHINGTON • The Trump administration has announced that it was returning Cuba to the US list of state sponsors of terrorism, a move that could complicate any efforts by the incoming Biden administration to revive the Obama-era detente with Havana.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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The disgraced president of the United States will go out with a bang in eight days or less. In the meantime, he seeks to pardon his enablers and pander to his key supporters. His placing Cuba on the list of state sponsors of terrorism on Monday was his latest act.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who saw nothing wrong with his leader promoting an assault on the US Capitol, made the announcement. The idea is to make things harder for Joe Biden to return to the rapprochement with Cuba initiated by the Obama administration.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the previously telegraphed decision, which some see as the latest signal that Pompeo aims to run for president and may be currying favor with the Cuban diaspora in South Florida.
The U.S. State Department announced Monday that it was re-designating Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, reversing a 2015 Obama-era campaign to improve relations in between the two countries. Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez called the