The United States removed Cuba from its list of states sponsoring terrorism Friday as the two countries are working to restore full diplomatic relations after decades of hostility.
The decision is the latest in a series of conciliatory moves the U.S. has taken after announcing in December that it would restore diplomatic ties with the Caribbean nation after more than half a century of estrangement.
"The secretary of state has made the final decision to rescind Cuba's designation as a state sponsor of terrorism, effective today," Jeff Rathke, a State Department spokesman, said in a statement, adding that the decision "reflects our assessment that Cuba meets the statutory criteria for rescission."
Removal from the terror sponsor list has been a key demand from Cuba. Friday's decision is expected to give a spur to efforts to normalize diplomatic ties, including opening embassies in each other's capital and returning ambassadors.
The United States cut off diplomatic relations with Cuba in 1960 after Fidel Castro took power in a coup in 1959. The U.S. also imposed a trade embargo in 1960 and put the country on the list of terror sponsors in 1982 for supporting armed groups in Latin America.
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/world/2015/05/182_179848.html
"... It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth, and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country. Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings."....I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
Friday, May 29, 2015
ITS FRIDAY SO THAT MEANS TIME TO RELEASE A POLITICAL BLOCK BUSTER THAT NO ONE WILL NOTICE–CUBA RELEASED AS A TERRORIST SPONSOR COUNTRY FROM THE KNOWN TERROR LIST JUST SO THE POTUS BHO CHAOS CAN HAVE A CHECK MARK ON HIS LEGACY THAT HE ALONE CAN RESTORE A COMMUNIST TO THE WEST STATUS WITH NOTHING IN RETURN BY JUST LEFTING THE PINNACLE PEN TO PAPER
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