{ "id": "RL32251", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "number": "RL32251", "active": false, "source": "EveryCRSReport.com, University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department", "versions": [ { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 350228, "date": "2006-08-22", "retrieved": "2016-04-07T18:52:15.430029", "title": "Cuba and the State Sponsors of Terrorism List", "summary": "Cuba was first added to the State Department\u2019s list of states sponsoring international terrorism in 1982, pursuant to Section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (P.L. 96-72). At the time, numerous U.S. government reports and statements under the Reagan Administration alleged Cuba\u2019s ties to international terrorism and its support for terrorist groups in Latin America. Cuba had a history of supporting revolutionary movements and governments in Latin America and Africa, but in 1992 Fidel Castro stressed that his country\u2019s support for insurgents abroad was a thing of the past. Cuba\u2019s policy change was in large part a result of Cuba\u2019s diminishing resources following the breakup of the Soviet Union and the loss of billions of dollars in annual subsidies to Cuba.\nCuba remains on the State Department\u2019s terrorism list with four other countries: Iran, Syria, Sudan, and North Korea. According to the State Department\u2019s Country Reports on Terrorism 2005 (issued in April 2006), Cuba has \u201cactively continued to oppose the U.S.-led Coalition prosecuting the global war on terror and has publicly condemned various U.S. polices and actions.\u201d The State Department report also asserted that Cuba maintains close relationships with other state sponsors of terrorism such as Iran and North Korea and contended that Cuba has provided safe haven for members of several Foreign Terrorist Organizations. The report also maintained that Cuba continues to provide safe haven to U.S. fugitives from justice but noted that \u201cCuba has stated that it will no longer provide safe haven to new U.S. fugitives who may enter Cuba.\u201d\nCuba\u2019s retention on the terrorism list has received more attention in recent years in light of increased support for legislative initiatives to lift some U.S. sanctions under the current economic embargo. Should U.S. restrictions be lifted, a variety of trade and aid restrictions would remain in place because of Cuba\u2019s retention on the terrorism list. Supporters of keeping Cuba on the terrorism list argue that there is ample evidence that Cuba supports terrorism. They point to the government\u2019s history of supporting terrorist acts and armed insurgencies in Latin America and Africa. They stress the government\u2019s continued hosting of members of foreign terrorist organizations and U.S. fugitives from justice. Critics of retaining Cuba on the terrorism list maintain that the policy is a holdover from the Cold War and that Cuba no longer supports terrorism abroad. They argue that domestic political considerations are responsible for keeping Cuba on the terrorism list and question many of the allegations made in the State Department report.\nFor additional information on Cuba, see CRS Report RL32730, Cuba: Issues for the 109th Congress, by Mark P. Sullivan. For further information on state-sponsored terrorism and U.S. policy, see CRS Report RL33600, International Terrorism: Threat,\u00a0Policy,\u00a0and\u00a0Response, by Raphael F. Perl; and CRS Report RL32417, The Department of State\u2019s Patterns of Global Terrorism Report: Trends, State Sponsors, and Related Issues, by Raphael F. 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