{"id":8038,"date":"2023-03-29T22:43:36","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T22:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/?p=8038"},"modified":"2023-03-29T22:43:46","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T22:43:46","slug":"the-absurdity-of-listing-cuba-as-a-state-sponsor-of-terrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/the-absurdity-of-listing-cuba-as-a-state-sponsor-of-terrorism\/","title":{"rendered":"The Absurdity of Listing Cuba as a State Sponsor of Terrorism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> #BreakThroughNews Before leaving office, Trump placed Cuba on the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism. Now the State Dept has reasserted the designation in February. Calla Walsh, the co-chair of the National Network on Cuba, explains its immense impact on the blockade on Cuba and how the US uses the \u201cterrorist\u201d designation politically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"747\" height=\"421\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uRlk2kq9uq0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump placed Cuba on the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism. Now the State Dept has reasserted the designation in February. Calla Walsh, the co-chair of the National Network on Cuba, explains its immense impact on the blockade on Cuba and how the US uses the \u201cterrorist\u201d designation politically.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101011,"featured_media":8039,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[43,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-video"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8473,"url":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/cuba-subject-to-illegal-blockade-imposed-by-irish-authorities-in-defiance-of-irish-and-eu-law\/","url_meta":{"origin":8038,"position":0},"title":"Cuba subject to illegal blockade imposed by Irish authorities, in defiance of Irish and EU law.\u00a0","author":"Editorial Team","date":"June 24, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"In his last act of aggression against Cuba, former US president Trump added Cuba to a US list of so-called \u201cState Sponsors of Terrorism\u201d. 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