Karen Vasquez, 44, walked out of jail in Cuba on Sunday, part of a deal brokered by the Vatican under which the Biden administration would loosen sanctions on the communist-run island, while Havana would release more than 500 people from its jails who are considered political prisoners by Washington.

US President Donald Trump overturned the decision of the previous administration under Joe Biden to remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, The Wall Street Journal reports. It is noted that the decision to remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism was made by Biden less than a week ago,

On his first day back in office, President Donald Trump reinstated Cuba as a federally recognized state sponsor of terrorism, reversing an executive order by his White House predecessor to lift the designation from the island nation. The move came amid a flurry of actions Trump took Monday after being sworn in as the 47th United States President.

President Trump repealed the Biden administration’s decision it made just six days ago to take Cuba off the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism, part of a deal with the Catholic Church that led Havana to agree to free 553 political prisoners.

Evangelical Protestant pastor Lorenzo Rosales Fajardo is among hundreds of prisoners, including several religious leaders, Cuba released last week after the U.S. removed the

President Trump placed Cuba back on the State Department's list of State Sponsors of Terrorism just one week after the Biden administration had removed the country's designation. That puts Cuba back on a short list with just three other countries: Iran,

The move was part of a sweeping executive order signed by Trump on Monday night that rescinds 78 executive actions taken by Biden over the course of his presidency.