Trump quickly put Cuba back on the list of state sponsors of terrorism.

Trump quickly  put Cuba back on the list of state sponsors of  terrorism.
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This signals a return  to the hostile  attitude that characterized his first  term.
The Trump administration quickly reinstated Cuba  on the US government's list of state sponsors of terrorism, reversing a  deadline set by President Joe Biden  at the end of his  term.
The announcement, which came  without fanfare  on Monday, was expected  because Donald Trump had  promised to  cancel the  oil branch to Cuba that the Biden administration  had extended in an agreement to release political prisoners on the  island.
Trump's action  indicates that his administration is likely to resume the hostile  stance toward Cuba that was a  hallmark of his first  term.
Marco Rubio, the  new secretary of  state, said during his confirmation  speech that the administration  plans to  cancel the removal of Cuba from the terrorism list and  restore other restrictions on the  island. On Monday, the White House also  reissued a list of "restricted entities" created  under the first Trump administration. These Cuban entities, many of which are  affiliated with the Cuban government, are  exempt from certain financial transactions under U.S.  law.
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel called the  measures "an act of arrogance and  contempt for  the truth" in a Facebook post and said  that "the legitimate and noble cause of our people will prevail and we will  succeed once  again."
Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla was also defiant.  "It will  hurt, but it  will not weaken the  strong resolve of our  people," he said  in X. It is worth noting that the Trump administration  has not  reversed the Biden administration's decision to suspend Title III of the Helms-Burton Act, a provision that was  created to allow Cuban exiles to file  lawsuits against Havana for  assets and property seized during the Cuban Revolution but has since been used  primarily by multinational  corporations. Biden's moves were announced as part of a  Vatican-brokered prisoner release that freed hundreds of Cubans jailed in connection with  massive anti-government protests in July 2021.  Those freed included José Daniel Ferrer and other  dissidents.

The Trump  administration's reason for the policy  change was not immediately  clear. Republicans had argued that the Biden administration  had not provided sufficient justification to  remove Cuba from the  list of state sponsors of  terrorism.
The Biden administration  emphasized the withdrawal of  Colombia's opposition to  Cuba's decision to  shelter the commanders of a left-wing Colombian guerrilla group  blamed for recent  terrorist attacks. But Havana continues to  offer refuge  to these commanders, and peace  negotiations between Bogotá and  this guerrilla  failed this weekend.

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