That's a designation that comes with massive sanctions and lots of financial strangulation. Cuba is one of only four countries with this designation, the others being Iran, Syria and North Korea. And The only justification the Trump administration even had for that designation is that Cuba was supposedly harboring members of a Colombian guerrilla army. But the only reason those individuals were in Cuba to start with was to engage in peace talks. And even Colombia's own president, Mr. Petro, has said that this designation was an injustice. (02:18–02:29)
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Asserts that the Trump administration's justification for designating Cuba was harboring Colombian guerrillas.
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