Cuba Slams Trump's Move to Reinclude It on State Sponsor of Terrorism List

Mr Trump reinstates 'fraudulent designation, Cuba state supporter of terrorism'.

According to Press Cubana news portal, on this development, the country's leader of State Miguel Díaz-Canel has made remarks against such action by United States' President, terming acts "an act of arrogance and disregard for truth" by calling them "displays of weakness from a loser" as Mr Trump reinstates "fraudulent designation Cuba state sponsor for terrorism".

Mr Trump reinstates 'fraudulent designation, Cuba state supporter of terrorism'.

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"This is not surprising. His goal is to continue strengthening the cruel economic war against Cuba for the purpose of domination."

"The result of the extreme economic siege measures imposed by Trump has been to cause shortages among our people and a significant increase in the migratory flow from Cuba to the United States," the Cuban President said in a separate post.

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Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez also came out with a scathing response to the decision.

"Drunk with arrogance, President Trump decides without reason that Cuba sponsors terrorism. He knows that he is LYING. His determination is to increase the punishment and the economic war against Cuban families. It will cause harm, but it will not break the firm determination of our people. We will win," Rodriguez said in a post on X.

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The Biden administration announced that it would withdraw Cuba from the state sponsor terrorism list on January 14.

Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo designated Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism in January 2021, saying at the time that Havana was "providing support for acts of international terrorism in granting safe harbor to terrorists" after refusing to extradite leaders of a Colombian guerrilla organization who were in Havana for peace talks when a deadly bombing took place in the South American nation.

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Cuba has been one of just four nations designated as state sponsors of terrorism, along with North Korea, Iran, and Syria.

Cuban officials have advocated for their country's removal as a state sponsor of terror, which triggers stringent economic sanctions in addition to more than the six decades-old US embargo.

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President Donald Trump on Monday rescinded Biden-era executive orders that removed Cuba's designation as a state sponsor of terror, that imposed sanctions on Jewish settlers in the West Bank, and that aimed to mitigate the dangers of artificial intelligence.

The rescinded orders were part of a wholesale reversal of Biden-era policies that Trump signed at Capital One arena after his swearing-in as the 47th President of the US.

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Biden only recently removed Cuba from the terror list. The list of revoked orders Trump signed on Monday did not specify individual reasons for reversing Biden's decision.

Biden applied the sanctions on certain Jewish settlers accused of fomenting violence in the West Bank in February 2024. And his 2023 AI order aimed to monitor and regulate the risks of artificial intelligence.

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