But 45 days ago Friday, as part of his opening toward Cuba, President Barack Obama informed Congress he intended to remove Cuba from the list that also includes Syria, Iran and Sudan. In his report, he said Cuba hadn’t provided any support for international terrorism in the previous six months and had provided assurances it wouldn’t support such acts in the future.
With no attempt by Congress to override his recommendation in the 45-day period, the president’s directive now takes effect as soon as it is published in the Federal Register. |
Are we quite sure about that?
Are we quite sure about that?
I think it's wording there, those other three are not coming off the list.
Are we quite sure about that?
I think you're misreading that part. Those countries will remain on the list.
Based on what?
The US still hasn't sent back Luis Carriles. But carry on.
I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you, but it seemed like the negotiation was ham-handed and extracted very little. No promises on human rights, political rights, etc etc. Maybe they have stopped some of their modest (of late) adventurism, or maybe Venezuela is just too much of a basket case for it to matter.