Florida Democrats torched outgoing President Joe Biden after he decided to remove Cuba's state-sponsor-of-terrorism designation.

Cuba began releasing people Wednesday who had been jailed for protesting against the regime under a deal that saw departing US President Joe Biden remove the communist island from a list of terrorism sponsors.

An Americas expert says Biden's deal removing Cuba from the state sponsor of terrorism list may encourage more unjust detentions.

U.S. President Joe Biden plans to relax sanctions targeting long-time foe Cuba, U.S. officials said on Tuesday just days before Donald Trump takes office, in a broad set of steps that Biden expects to lead to the release of political prisoners in Havana.

The Biden administration said it would remove Cuba from its terrorism blacklist, while Cuba said separately it would release upward of 500 prisoners from its jails.

U.S. President Joe Biden is set to relax several sanctions against Cuba. The steps reverse policies by Trump and are expected to lead to the release of political prisoners. The changes occur just before Biden leaves office,

Cuba frees 127 prisoners, including opposition leader Jose Daniel Ferrer, in landmark deal with departing U.S. President Joe Biden.

U.S. President Joe Biden will relax sanctions targeting long-time foe Cuba days before Donald Trump takes office in a broad set of steps on Tuesday that he expects to lead to release of political prisoners in Havana.

President Joe Biden is removing Cuba from a U.S. government list of state sponsors of terrorism on Tuesday, according to administration officials.

The Biden administration said the decision to remove the country from the list of states sponsoring terrorism was part of a deal in return for the release of over 500 prisoners

In a last-minute decision driven by the White House, the State Department on Tuesday removed Cuba from the list of countries that sponsor terrorism, despite earlier assurances that it would not do so,