Joe Biden is trying to make things right with communist Cuba as he prepares to leave office.
The outgoing president agreed to remove the country’s following negotiations through the Catholic Church, despite the fact that Catholics are heavily persecuted by the communist regime.
“An assessment has been completed and we do not have information that supports Cuba’s designation as being a state sponsor of terrorism,” a senior administration official briefed reporters on Tuesday.
“The Catholic church is significantly advancing an agreement with Cuba to undertake a set of actions that will allow for the humanitarian release of a significant number of political prisoners in Cuba and those who have been detained unjustly,” they added.
Cuba has long been a hub for supporting and harboring terrorist organizations and fugitives, playing a destabilizing role in the region.
The regime continues to shelter leaders of Colombia’s Marxist guerrilla group, the National Liberation Army (ELN), which is responsible for bombings, kidnappings, and violence.
Havana also remains a safe haven for American fugitives, including convicted cop-killer Joanne Chesimard (Assata Shakur), shielding her from justice for decades.
It was first designated as a state sponsor of terrorism in the final days of the first Trump presidency, citing evidence it had “repeatedly providing support for acts of international terrorism in granting safe harbor to terrorists.
Beyond harboring terrorists, Cuba provides critical support to rogue regimes such as Venezuela and Iran, further fueling global instability.
Senator Rick Scott of Florida, who represents millions of Cuban exiles in Florida, denounced the decision as “Joe Biden’s parting gift to dictators and terrorists around the world.”
“Biden’s appeasement is feeding right into the hands of Cuba’s dictators, who fuel terrorism and oppress their people,” he said. “
“I’ll be working with President Trump on DAY ONE to hold the Communist Cuban regime accountable and free the Cuban people.”
Joe Biden’s parting gift to dictators and terrorists around the world: taking Cuba off the State Sponsor of Terrorism List and making it easier for them to threaten our national security. This is reckless and dangerous.
Biden’s appeasement is feeding right into the hands of…
— Rick Scott (@SenRickScott) January 14, 2025
During the Obama administration, Biden was part of efforts to initiate the “Cuban Thaw,” which sought to roll back sanctions, liberalize trade ties and restore diplomatic relations between the two countries.
In 2016, the U.S. even abstained from a vote condemning Cuba’s human rights abuses for the first time in its history.
However, this rolling back of sanctions was reversed during the Trump administration, which re-imposed a full embargo against the country for the entire course of his presidency.
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