Washington, Mar 9 (EFE) .- The president of the United States, Joe Biden, does not have among his priorities an approach to Cuba like the one carried out by former president Barack Obama (2009-2017), as the spokesperson for the White House, Jen Psaki.
The spokeswoman, however, assured that Washington will review the decisions regarding Cuba made by the Donald Trump government, especially that of including the island on the US list of countries that sponsor terrorism.
“A policy shift toward Cuba is currently not among President Biden’s top priorities,” the presidential spokeswoman said.
“We are,” added Psaki, “committed to carefully reviewing the political decisions made in the previous administration, including the decision to designate Cuba as a state that sponsors terrorism.”
Psaki already announced days after Biden’s arrival at the White House in January that the government was going to review Trump’s decisions, which also include numerous economic sanctions.
Obama, of whom Biden was vice president, starred in a historic thaw in relations between Washington and Havana after more than half a century of confrontation by laying the foundations for increasing trade and travel between the two countries.
This historic process culminated in a visit by Obama to the island, invited by the then Cuban president, Raúl Castro.
The current first lady, Jill Biden, also made a trip to Cuba during that period.
However, with the arrival of Trump to power, the United States undid the path traced by Obama by canceling agreements, with repeated sanctions and with new restrictions on travel to the communist island.
In addition, just nine days before the end of his term, Trump made the decision to return Cuba to the list of countries that sponsor terrorism, which Obama had reiterated in 2015.
That decision generated wide international rejection and the Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, has opposed the appointment and has said he hopes that Biden will remove Cuba from the list again.
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