The actual reason likely involves money and gambling.
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| Biden Removes Cuba From Terrorism List |
| 2025-01-18 |
| [Cigar Officiando] With less than a week left in office, the Biden administration has issued a surprise announcement that it is removing Cuba from the list of states that sponsor international terrorism and lifting other Trump-era sanctions against the island nation, as an apparent quid pro quo for the phased release of 530 Cubans imprisoned after street riots in July 2021. According to a statement issued yesterday from the White House, the Biden administration has been "informed by the Catholic Church that the Cuban government will soon begin releasing a substantial number of political prisoners." The statement noted that "in taking these steps to bolster the ongoing dialogue between the government of Cuba and the Catholic Church, President Biden is also honoring the wisdom and counsel that has been provided to him by many world leaders, especially in Latin America, who have encouraged him to take these actions, on how best to advance the human rights of the Cuban people." In addition to removing Cuba from the State Department’s terrorism list, the White House stated it would once again waive Title III of the 1996 Helm’s-Burton legislation that allows U.S. companies and individuals to sue international companies that are operating on expropriated properties in Cuba. Presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama had all similarly waived that provision of the legislation, but President Trump imposed it during his first term. The White House also said it would terminate the Trump-era "Restricted Entities List" which prohibits U.S. companies and citizens from engaging with Cuban businesses that are administered by the military. In addition to that list, the administration said it would end "additional regulations on engagement by U.S. persons and entities with Cuban persons and entities." The 11th hour accord, negotiated between Washington and Havana through still-secret back-channel diplomacy, involved the Cuban Catholic Church, as well as Pope Francis who played a role a decade ago in a clandestine talks between the Obama administration and Raúl Castro to normalize relations. President Biden was scheduled to meet the Pope at the Vatican on January 10, but cancelled his trip because of the fires in Los Angeles; the two conferred via phone instead. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #9 -leans into microphone- Correct. Gonna bake some cookies for the tinfoils. I was a bit of a skeptic, but now I'm convinced. Batting average so high, Randy Johnson says dammit. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2025-01-18 13:56 |
| #8 very catty gay passive aggressive So you are saying Barack Obama? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2025-01-18 13:32 |
| #7 The actual reason likely involves money and gambling. Don't they all. An outreach to the Caribbean island nations. First step towards enabling strong partner/protectorate agreements ala Panama, Greenland. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-01-18 11:05 |
| #6 The Biden team is such a bunch of cunts |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2025-01-18 10:05 |
| #5 Considering the election results, both. Its all very gay passive aggressive. I don't mean that as a slur here, its that very catty gay passive aggressive even normie gays hate. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2025-01-18 09:56 |
| #4 An idea so great that he waited to the last day. I can't decide whether all this last day crap is a big FU to Donald Trump or a big FU to America. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2025-01-18 09:28 |
| #3 Make that |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2025-01-18 07:13 |
| #2 The White House also said it would terminate the Trump-era "Restricted Entities List" which prohibits U.S. companies and citizens from engaging with Cuban businesses The actual reason likely involves money and gambling. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2025-01-18 07:12 |
| #1 An idea so great that he waited to the last day. |
| Posted by: Airandee 2025-01-18 07:10 |