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April 15, 2015

Obama to Remove Cuba from List of State Sponsors of Terrorism 
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President Obama has told Congress he will remove Cuba from a U.S. list
of state sponsors of terrorism, clearing a main obstacle to restoring
diplomatic relations with Havana for the first time in a half-century.
Obama's move came just days after he and Cuban President Raúl Castro
sat down at a summit in Panama for the first meeting of its kind in half
a century. Cuba was placed on the terrorism list in 1982 at a time when
Havana was supporting liberation struggles in Africa and Latin America.
Once Cuba is officially removed from the list in 45 days, Iran, Sudan
and Syria will be the only countries remaining.

 

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