Cuba to be removed from terrorism list

Robert LeCompte Jul 8, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h2><p>Just days after President Obama met with Cuba's President Raul Castro, the White House has announced that Cuba will be taken off the list of state sponsors of terrorism, NPR reports. "The government of Cuba has not provided any support for international terrorism during the preceding 6-month</p></h2>
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            <p>Just days after President Obama met with Cuba's President Raul Castro, the White House has announced that Cuba will be taken off the list of state sponsors of terrorism, <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/04/14/399625810/white-house-says-it-will-remove-cuba-from-list-of-state-sponsored-terrorists?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">NPR</a> reports. "The government of Cuba has not provided any support for international terrorism during the preceding 6-month period," White House press secretary Josh Earnest said, adding that Cuba "has provided assurances that it will not support acts of international terrorism in the future." This will be the first time since 1982 that Cuba has not been on the list and is a major step forward in normalizing relations between the two countries.</p>
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Just days after President Obama met with Cuba's President Raul Castro, the White House has announced that Cuba will be taken off the list of state sponsors of terrorism, NPR reports. "The government of Cuba has not provided any support for international terrorism during the preceding 6-month period," White House press secretary Josh Earnest said, adding that Cuba "has provided assurances that it will not support acts of international terrorism in the future." This will be the first time since 1982 that Cuba has not been on the list and is a major step forward in normalizing relations between the two countries.

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By Robert LeCompte

Robert LeCompte is an editorial intern at Crosscut. He studies communications and film at The Evergreen State College where he recently transferred from Maryland. When not working, he can usually be f