Fugitives escaping the United States for Cuba is nothing new. While the two countries have had an extradition treaty in place and have for well over a century, Cuba doesn’t necessarily honor it routinely. Donald Trump and his team are looking to stop that. While the Joe Biden administration was soft on the Communist Caribbean nation, the Trump administration has been anything but, and that continued on Tuesday when Secretary of State Marco Rubio certified Cuba as a “not fully cooperating country” (NFCC).
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Under section 40A of the Arms Export Control Act, certifying a country as an NFCC “results in a prohibition on the sale or license for export of defense articles and services.” North Korea, Iran, Syria, and Venezuela are the
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