With just six days left in his presidency, Joe Biden — or whoever is in charge of looking after him — issued an executive order rescinding Cuba's designation as a state sponsor of terrorism. 

Miguel Díaz-Canel, the president of Cuba, who took over for Raul Castro, brother of failed baseball player/dictator Fidel Castro, promised not to fund or support terrorism. 

"Biden" (or someone signing his name to things) just issued an Executive Order revoking National Security Presidential Memorandum 5 and rescinding Cuba's designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism pic.twitter.com/IR14HYZ5C4

— Jennifer Van Laar (@jenvanlaar) January 14, 2025

Biden's Memorandum of Recission reads as follows:

Certification of Rescission of Cuba's Designation
as a State Sponsor of Terrorism
 
Pursuant to the Constitution and the laws of the United States, and consistent with sections 1754(c) and 1768(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (50 U.S.C. 4813(c) and 4826(c)), I hereby certify with respect to the rescission of the determination of January 12, 2021, regarding Cuba that:
 
     (i)  The Government of Cuba has not provided any support for international terrorism during the preceding 6-month period; and
 
     (ii)  The Government of Cuba has provided assurances that it will not support acts of international terrorism in the future.
 
This certification shall also satisfy the provisions of section 620A(c)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371(c)(2)), section 40(f)(1)(B) of the Arms Export Control Act, Public Law 90-629, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2780 (f)(1)(B)), and, to the extent applicable, section 6(j)(4)(B) of the Export Administration Act of 1979, Public Law 96-72, as amended (50 U.S.C. App.2405(j)), and as continued in effect by Executive Order 13222 of August 17, 2001.

The order revokes National Security Presidential Memorandum 5 (NSPM-5), titled "Strengthening the Policy of the United States Toward Cuba," which was issued by President Donald Trump on June 16, 2017. 

That memorandum recognizes the need for more freedom, democracy, respect for human rights, and free enterprise in Cuba. It aims to address the suppression of freedom and prosperity by the Cuban Communist regime.

It was supposed to end economic practices that disproportionately benefit the Cuban government and its military and ensure adherence to the statutory ban on tourism to Cuba.

Further, it supports the economic embargo against Cuba, opposing any measures in international forums that call for its end.

Additionally, it includes actions to restrict certain financial transactions and travel to Cuba, intended to encourage the Cuban government to improve human rights and the rule of law.

The Secretary of State, working with the Secretaries of the Treasury, Defense, Commerce, Homeland Security, and the Attorney General, was tasked with annually reporting to the President on U.S. engagement with Cuba to ensure that such engagement advances U.S. interests.

In sum, this memorandum was supposed to reflect a shift in U.S. policy towards Cuba with an emphasis on promoting human rights, democracy, and free markets while maintaining pressure on the Cuban government through economic and travel restrictions.

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Yet Biden (or his handlers) decided to rescind it. This, despite the questions surrounding the emergence of Havana Syndrome in Cuba in 2016, thought by some to be the result of the directed energy weapon. And also despite Cuba's "long history of providing advice, safe haven, communications, training, and financial support to guerrilla groups and individual terrorists." 

One example of this — Cuba's intervention in Angola.

The Cuban intervention in Angola (codenamed Operation Carlota) began on the 5th of November 1975, when Cuba sent combat troops in support of the communist-aligned People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) against the pro-western coalition of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) and the National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA).

Another: Cuba's harboring of American terrorists like Assata Olugbala Shakur, who was convicted in the murder of state trooper Werner Foerster during a shootout on the New Jersey turnpike and has been holed up in Cuba since 1979.