The predominantly progressive New York City Council has approved a resolution calling on the United States to end its longtime embargo of Cuba.
by Brooklyn Councilman Charles Barron, calling on the US to remove Cuba from its “State Sponsors of Terrorism” list, while also ending a travel ban to Cuba and other sanctions against the island nation, in place since 1960.
The US has maintained China has operated a spy base in Cuba since at least 2019. In May, Chinese Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong met with Cuban Minister of Interior Lazaro Alberto Alvarez Casas in China.Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel is reportedly negotiating to establish a joint military training facility with the Chinese government on the island.
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