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Cuba is not a ‘terror sponsor’ – the fight continues
The welcome news that Cuba has finally been removed from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list is tempered by the fact that Donald Trump, the man who put it there, is returning to the White House, warns NATASHA HICKMAN
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CHRISTOPHE IMMER of the Morning Star’s German sister paper Junge Welt reports on a Berlin conference on the politics of art and the legacy of Marxist critic Hans Hess
THE Biden administration’s decision to remove Cuba from the US’s State Sponsors of Terrorism (SSOT) list is welcome, but it comes four years too late and critically does nothing to end the 63-year blockade — the fundamental cause of shortages and hardship for the Cuban people.
In January 2021, Donald Trump used the final days of his presidency to spuriously designate Cuba as an SSOT — a listing which has cost the Cuban people dearly.
As a consequence, international banks refused to do business with Cuba, exacerbating existing shortages in food, fuel and medicines and contributing to the current humanitarian crisis.
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