That designation was lifted in 2023, a decision viewed by some diplomats as an effort to improve relations ahead of a visit by then–Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
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Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
In the meantime, Cuban diplomats have given public thanks for donations made or promised by governments in Venezuela and Colombia.
Throughout these heady, expansive years, a gallery of governors, missionaries, and traders fed Madrid a steady stream of intelligence on the fabulous yet still mostly mysterious Chinese Empire.
—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Oct. 2025
Thanks to Poway/Ramona Stake Relief Society President Laura Sommer along with missionaries and elders of the church, RFCC volunteers, volunteers from Julian Congregation, Julian Methodist Church, Mountain Mana Food Pantry and Backcountries Communities Thriving.
—
Vesna Curry,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Oct. 2025
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