拜登将古巴移出支持恐怖主义国家名单：同时豁免《赫尔姆斯-伯顿法》第三条并撤销2017年备忘录
白宫2025年1月14日在首都华盛顿宣布，拜登总统已通知国会，认定古巴不应再被列为支持恐怖主义国家。拜登同日签署认证文件称，古巴政府在过去六个月内没有为国际恐怖主义提供任何支持，并已保证今后不会支持国际恐怖主义行为。古巴是第一届特朗普政府在2021年1月12日作出的认定中被重新列入该名单的。
白宫新闻秘书 Karine Jean-Pierre 在声明中说，这一步是美国与天主教会达成的谅解的一部分：教会已告知白宫，古巴政府将很快开始释放相当数量的政治犯。古巴外交部同日表示，古巴将逐步释放553名被判刑人员。
美方同日还采取另外两步：对《赫尔姆斯-伯顿法》（又称《自由法》）第三条给予六个月豁免，暂停美国国民就被古巴没收财产提起相关诉讼的权利；撤销2017年关于古巴政策的第5号国家安全总统备忘录，取消所谓的「受限名单」及由此对美国个人与实体同古巴往来增加的限制。
Jean-Pierre 说，美国对古巴政策的重点是「让古巴人民能够自由决定自己的未来，并促进对人权的尊重」，采取这些步骤也是为了支持古巴政府与天主教会之间正在进行的对话。
（来源：白宫）
Biden Removes Cuba From State Sponsors of Terrorism List, Waives Helms-Burton Title III and Rescinds 2017 Memorandum
The White House announced in Washington on January 14, 2025, that President Joe Biden had notified Congress that Cuba should no longer be designated as a state sponsor of terrorism. In a certification signed the same day, Biden stated that the government of Cuba had not provided any support for international terrorism during the preceding six months and had provided assurances that it would not support acts of international terrorism in the future. Cuba had been returned to the list by a determination dated January 12, 2021, under the first Trump administration.
Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement that the step was part of an understanding with the Catholic Church: the Church had informed the White House that the Cuban government would soon begin releasing a substantial number of political prisoners. Cuba's Foreign Ministry said the same day that Cuba would gradually release 553 convicted people.
The United States took two further steps the same day: it issued a six-month waiver for Title III of the Helms-Burton Act, also known as the Libertad Act, suspending the right of U.S. nationals to bring related suits over property confiscated by Cuba; and it rescinded the 2017 National Security Presidential Memorandum 5 on Cuba policy, eliminating the so-called restricted list and the additional regulations it had imposed on engagement by U.S. persons and entities with Cuba beyond those prescribed in U.S. legislation.
Jean-Pierre said U.S. policy toward Cuba has focused on empowering the Cuban people to freely determine their own future and advancing respect for human rights, and that the steps were taken to bolster the ongoing dialogue between the government of Cuba and the Catholic Church.
(Source: The White House)
来源：白宫
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图片来源：图：古巴哈瓦那 Vedado 区黄昏天际线与海滨大道。（Kuhnmi 摄，CC BY 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons） / Photo: Dusk skyline of the Vedado neighborhood and the Malecon in Havana, Cuba. (Kuhnmi, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
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