WASHINGTON, May 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. State Department Friday removed Cuba from its state-sponsored terrorism list.
A report to Congress by President Barack Obama in April indicated Cuba had not provided support for international terrorism within the past six months and had offered assurances it would not. With no indications from Congress it would override Obama's recommendation to remove Cuba from the list, the action will become effective when it is published in the Federal Register. Thus will end Cuba's 33-year inclusion on a list which currently includes Syria, Iran and Sudan.