Cuba

The U.S. State Department announced Monday that it is designating Cuba a state sponsor of terror, accusing it of providing safe harbor to malicious actors and engaging in "malign behavior" in the region.

The government of Cuba could be added to the U.S. list of states that sponsor terrorism, if Secretary of State Mike Pompeo signs on to a State Department proposal as the Trump administration winds down.

President-elect Joe Biden is expected to reverse many Trump administration policies when he enters office in January 2021, and at the top of his list will be restoring international relationships that the Democrat has said were destroyed with President Trump’s "America first" rhetoric.

A bipartisan group of 10 senators this week joined forces to push forward legislation to pave the way for "Havana Syndrome" victims – at least 60 known U.S. diplomats and intelligence personnel – to receive compensation for their ailments.

For more than four years, dozens of American diplomats and intelligence personnel stationed in Cuba, Russia, China, and even on U.S. soil have reported a range of odd ailments – from fatigue and headaches to impaired hearing, dizziness and memory loss – with no known origin or cause.

Two frontrunners for Vice President-elect Kamala Harris' Senate seat have praised former Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.

Republican Carlos Gimenez, who toppled a Democratic incumbent in November to win a South Florida congressional seat, brings to Washington nearly three decades of leadership in local governance, tackling budget cutbacks, public safety and most recently the coronavirus pandemic.

Georgia Senate candidate Raphael Warnock is facing scrutiny after appearing to dodge multiple questions about his former church's decision to host Cuban dictator Fidel Castro in the 90s.

Some Latino voters who themselves fled dictatorships in their home countries say they supported President Trump because the agenda of the Democratic party too closely resembled the socialist regimes they escaped. 

Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Raphael Warnock worked at a church that hosted and celebrated late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro in 1995, past news stories and Warnock's biography indicate.