Pompeo Returns Cuba to Terrorism Sponsor List, Constraining Bidenâs Plans In announcing the move, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cited Cubaâs hosting of American fugitives and Colombian rebels and its support for Venezuelaâs authoritarian leader. The statement by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cited Cubaâs refusal to extradite 10 leaders of Colombiaâs National Liberation Army, who have been living Havana since 2017.Credit.Jessica Mcgowan/Getty Images Published Jan. 11, 2021Updated Feb. 15, 2021 WASHINGTON â The State Department designated Cuba a state sponsor of terrorism on Monday in a last-minute foreign policy stroke that will complicate the incoming Biden administrationâs plans to restore friendlier relations with Havana.
Pompeo weighs plan to place Cuba on US terrorism sponsor list The New York Times 30th December, 2020 11:04:23 State Department officials have drawn up a proposal to designate Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, a final-hour foreign policy move that would complicate plans by the incoming Biden administration to relax increased American pressure on Havana. With three weeks left until Inauguration Day, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo must decide whether to sign off on the plan, according to two U.S. officials, a move that would also serve as a thank-you to Cuban-Americans and other anti-communist Latinos in Florida who strongly supported President Trump and his fellow Republicans in the November election.
Pompeo weighs plan to place Cuba on US terrorism sponsor list By Michael Crowley, Charlie Savage and Eric Schmitt New York Times,Updated December 29, 2020, 9:45 p.m. Email to a Friend Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.OLIVER CONTRERAS/NYT State Department officials have drawn up a proposal to designate Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, a final-hour foreign policy move that would complicate plans by the incoming Biden administration to relax increased American pressure on Havana. With three weeks left until Inauguration Day, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo must decide whether to sign off on the plan, according to two U.S. officials, a move that would also serve as a thank-you to Cuban Americans and other anti-communist Latinos in Florida who strongly supported President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans in the November election.