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Florida Democrats Blast Biden Over Lifting Of Cuba Sanctions: 'Literally Sinking The Party In The State'

The Biden administration said the decision to remove the country from the list of states sponsoring terrorism was part of a deal in return for the release of over 500 prisoners

Latin Times

Biden pulls Cuba from terrorism list, reversing Trump decision

The president notified Congress of its intent to lift the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism on Tuesday

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Biden administration expected to lift ‘terror’ designation for Cuba: Report

The decision would reverse a move during Donald Trump’s first term to re-name Cuba a ‘state sponsor of terrorism’.

Al Jazeera

Biden to remove Cuba from list of state sponsors of terrorism

Deal negotiated through Catholic church will involve ‘gradual’ release of 553 political prisoners, says Havana

The Guardian - US

US Removes Cuba From State Sponsors Of Terror List

President Joe Biden is removing the US designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, the White House said Tuesday, in a deal that will see imprisoned protesters released in the communist country.

International Business Times

Biden Administration Expected To Lift Cuba's Terrorism Designation

The Biden administration is set to reverse the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, a move anticipated by various stakeholders.

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Biden Admin To Lift Cuba's State Sponsor Of Terrorism Designation In Final Week In Office

The decision is likely to be reversed as early as next week once Donald Trump, a harsh critic of Cuba's communist regime, takes office

Latin Times

Maduro Signals Readiness for Armed Conflict Amid Global Opposition: 'We Will Fight the Battle'

The Venezuelan leader highlighted support from Nicaragua and Cuba as the United States and European Union back opposition leaders.

Latin Times

How the U.S. could in fact make Canada an American territory

“We take nothing by conquest…Thank God,” wrote the National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser, an influential Washington newspaper, in February 1847.

The Conversation

New Twist In US-Cuba Trademark Fight Over Havana Club Rum

One rum, two owners: the decades-long legal battle between the Cuban government and spirits giant Bacardi over the popular Havana Club rum brand has entered a new phase with the enactment of a new US trademark law.

International Business Times

Zilia Sánchez obituary

Cuban artist who moved to Puerto Rico in the 1970s and manipulated flat canvases into ‘erotic topographies’

The Guardian - UK

Who owns the Gulf of Mexico? What to know about Trump renaming it

The Gulf of Mexico is a major economic center for the US, Mexico and Cuba

The Independent UK

US transfers 11 Yemeni prisoners from Guantánamo to Oman

Major resettlement reduces population in US detention facility in south-eastern Cuba to just 15 people

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International Business Times

'You Need To Be Happy': Graffiti Encourages Cuban Self-reflection

Graffiti on walls around Havana telling Cubans "you need to be happy" has encouraged introspection and inspiration in a country where censorship has forced many street artists to emigrate or abandon their work.

Latin Times

Cuban Military-Run Companies Have Stashed Billions in Profit as Humanitarian and Economic Crises Deepen

A new Miami Herald investigation reveals that companies run by Cuba's military have made billions of dollars in profit as 2024 worsened hardships in Havana.

The Independent UK

Cuba frees man who participated in 1997 attacks on hotels in Havana, orchestrated by Cuban exiles

A government-run news agency in Cuba says authorities have released a Salvadoran man who was convicted of participating in a string of hotel bombings on the island in 1997

International Business Times

'Democracy And Freedom': Jimmy Carter's Human Rights Efforts In Latin America

With a focus on human rights, US policy toward Latin America under Jimmy Carter briefly tempered a long tradition of interventionism in a key sphere of American influence, analysts say.

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Al Jazeera

Beyond the US election: Seven stories that shaped the Americas in 2024

The region has faced economic crises, a disputed vote in Venezuela, gangs in Haiti and cartel violence in Mexico.

Latin Times

Cuba is Facing Its Worst Economic Crisis in Generations And Chances of Getting U.S. Aid Are As Slim As Ever

The country is facing economic collapse, mass emigration, and deteriorating living conditions

Louder

“I know it sounds like a joke musical but one of my ancestors was a pirate in the Caribbean. He looked a bit like I did when I was 21 in Roxy Music”: The amazing things Phil Manzanera discovered when he looked into his past

After writing a memoir, the guitarist has done the musical equivalent with an 11-disc box set exploring his five-decade career. He explains how he landed his dream gig, how Robert Fripp beat him to a tonal ambition, and why, in a way, Roxy is still active

Latin Times

AIDS, Rebellion, and Redemption: Héctor Medina as a Punk Rocker Who Injected Himself, Eros de la Puente as His Loyal Brother, and Adria Arjona as The Woman Who Gave Them Hope in 'Los Frikis'—One of the Year's Most Moving Films - INTERVIEW

A winner in seven international festivals and celebrated as one of the most powerful and gripping stories to emerge from Cuba.

International Business Times

Cuba's 'Invisible' Tragedy: US-bound Migrants Who Disappear In The Caribbean

In the early hours of January 3, 2023, 32 people climbed onto a makeshift raft off southern Cuba and set out across the Caribbean for Florida, 170 kilometers (100 miles) away.

Al Jazeera

US releases Guantanamo Bay detainee Bajabu to Kenya

Twenty-nine prisoners remain at the US detention facility in Cuba after the transfer of Mohammed Abdul Malik Bajabu.

The Conversation

Marco Rubio is no friend of Havana − but does Trump’s pick for secretary of state mean Cuba policy is set?

The U.S. looks set to have its first-ever Cuban American secretary of state in 2025, after President-elect Donald Trump nominated U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida for the role. But don’t expect that to mean cozier relations between Havana and Washington.

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