The Biden administration on Tuesday is notifying congress of its intent to lift the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism. The White House announced, as part of a deal facilitated by the Catholic Church to free political prisoners on the island.
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00:00U.S. President Joe Biden lifts state sponsor of terrorism designation for Cuba part of
00:06deal to free prisoners.
00:08The Biden administration on Tuesday is notifying Congress of its intent to lift the U.S. designation
00:16of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism.
00:19The White House announced this information as part of the deal facilitated by the Catholic
00:26Church to free political prisoners on the island.
00:30Senior U.S. administration officials who previewed the announcement on the condition of anonymity
00:38said many dozens of prisoners and other considers by the U.S. would be released by the end of
00:48the Biden administration at noon on January 20.
00:53This is what the statement said.
00:55In the final days of Trump's first administration, on January 11, 2021, the White House reinstated
01:05the designation, which had been reversed during the period of re-approach between Cuba and
01:11the United States during President Barack Obama's second term in office.
01:17In doing so, Donald Trump's administration cited Cuba once again as an alleged support
01:24for Venezuela's leader, NicolĂĄs Maduro, and also its refusal to accept the political
01:32process of the Cuban revolution as among other issues, including other political reasons.
01:41And also this, including Cuba in the list of countries sponsoring of terrorism is part
01:47of the long history of harassment that the successive U.S. administrations are carried
01:53out against the Cuban revolution.