Cuba placed on the list of supporters of terrorism by Donald Trump

Washington, United States: The Trump presidency has placed Cuba back on the list of state supporters of terrorism, converting an Obama-era decision and making it harder for President-elect Joe Biden to restore strategic ties with Havana immediately.

Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said he’s choosing Cuba because the country continues to harbor American fugitives, including Joanne Chesimard, accused of killing a New Jersey state soldiers in 1973, and denies a Colombian extradition request for National Liberation Army members associated to a 2019 bombing that killed 22.

Cuba joins Syria, Iran, and North Korea — nations more generally condemned for fomenting terrorism — on the U.S. list. Cuba had been initially put on the list in 1982. Still, it was raised by President Barack Obama in 2015 as he wants to improve the economic and diplomatic relations with the Caribbean country.

“Cuba returns to the SST list following its cut commitment to stop supporting terrorism as a condition of its removal by the previous govt in 2015,” Pompeo said in a statement.

Biden has indicated he wants to improve the Obama-era policy of easing travel and economic limitations in beliefs that closer ties and more business will cover the way for democratic change in Cuba.

The approach could also involve overcoming limitations on travel, investment, and enclosures for the island country that are regarded as disproportionately hurt Americans and common Cubans.

Under President Donald Trump, the U.S. named Cuba as part of a “Troika of Tyranny” with Nicaragua and Venezuela. His moves were public with Cuban-Americans in Florida, and a state Trump accomplished in his re-election effort with the aid of Cuban-American refugees, Venezuelan-Americans and other anti-Communist Latino voters.

Trump's government have been taking these type of actions against Cuba since it assumed office. Recently, the US sanctioned a Cuban bank for assisting and fulfilling the financial needs of the Cuban military.