The State Department has sent its
strongest signal yet that
Joe Biden's administration does not
plan to roll back the Trump
administration's policies on Cuba.
Now if you can recall back during
the Obama administration there was
a loosening of the so
called embargo toward Cuba,
which allowed for Americans to
travel to Cuba for instance.
Which also kind of opened up some
possible trade opportunities
with Cuba.
And lifting the embargo and
the sanctions that come along with
it is not just great for Americans
who want to freely travel to Cuba.
But it's great for
the Cuban people who have been
crushed by US sanctions as a result
of the United States government.
Being incredibly honest and brutal
to any country that has a political
system that we disagree with.
After the communist revolution in
Cuba, of course, that's when the US
government decided to take a hard
line approach toward Cuba with
the embargo and honestly, it hasn't
changed their system of government.
It hasn't changed the way they run
their economy.
But all it has done is crushed Cuba
and the Cuban people,
when in reality they should be able
to run their country any way they
like without the United States
meddling in their business.
Now the State Department this past
week listed Cuba as among those
quote not cooperating fully
with United States
antiterrorism efforts renewing
a determination first made in 2020.
So this is what Trump did in
the tail end of his presidency,
he decided to essentially list Cuba
as one of these countries that
happens to be an enemy of ours
because of the cooperation
that they participated with.
With countries like Venezuela for
instance, right?
So what does
this determination really mean?
What is its actual impact?
Well, the determination was made
under the arms Export Control Act,
which requires a report every may
listing countries barred
from defense exports and
sales tith the US.
Now hold on, let's pause for
a second because
I do want to address that.
I don't care about weapons sales to
Cuba.
In fact, I would prefer to end all
weapons sales internationally.
I think that it's been incredibly
destructive and is only
destabilized regions of the globe.
So that's not my concern,
I want to be clear about that.
But understand that
the determination while it has
an impact on weapons sales to Cuba
is really about maintaining
the embargo against Cuba and
the unfriendly relationship that we
currently have with Cuba.
So Obama had actually removed Cuba
from the list back in 2015.
The statute is also one of
the three laws weighed when adding
countries to the state
sponsors of terrorism list,
something Trump added Cuba to in
the final days of his presidency.
Okay, so Cuba, Cuba, Cuba is
the state sponsor of terrorism.
How exactly because if I can recall
if I actually ignore the American
media propaganda about Cuba, and
actually take a good hard look at
the government's actions doesn't
really seem like they're spreading
terrorism or sponsoring terrorism.
In fact, it's quite the opposite.
For instance, during the pandemic,
Cuba has done quite a bit in
ensuring that they're taking care
of their own people.
They develop their own Coronavirus
vaccine outside
of the Pfizer Madonna Johnson and
Johnson vaccines that we're using
here in the United States.
In fact, why don't we just quickly
go to this clip that explains just
how much Cuba has been able to do
for its people, even with the US
embargo, crushing the country.
>> Dr. Martha Galvis runs the plaza
of the revolution polyclinic,
and knows just about everyone
in the neighborhood.
Every day, she makes the rounds to
check on COVID-19 suspects who've
been quarantined.
[FOREIGN] >> Especially those who
come from abroad, like Florida
resident Isabel Garcia.
Upon landing in Cuba,
she was given a COVID-19 test.
Then she and her entire family
were put under strict lockdown,
a doctor checks on them every day.
On the fifth day,
she got a second test.
And now Dr. Galvis has come to
tell her she's in the clear.
[FOREIGN] >> I'm impressed that
despite Cuba's few resources,
they've been able to
control this pandemic so well.
Also the people are very aware
of what's going on and
what they have to do.
>> With a population of 12 million
Cuba has had fewer than 10,000
confirmed cases of Coronavirus.
And fewer than 140 deaths.
The secret isn't the weather.
The same detailed to block by block
organizational control that
the state uses for political
purposes is also an effective tool
for confronting everything from
natural catastrophes to pandemics.
>> That's what Cuba's able to do.
While the United States has
sanctions in place barring economic
activity between Cuba and
other countries between
the United States and Cuba,
of course, US allies and Cuba.
So there's that aspect to it.
It kind of sounds like implementing
sanctions against other countries
during a global pandemic is really
bad behavior, right?
Cuba is not doing that to other
countries.
The United States is doing
that to Cuba, Iran and
several other countries, because we
disagree with whatever is happening
within their borders, right?
Now, in the case of Cuba,
it's particularly disgusting
because while the United States
claims that it sponsors terrorism.
The reality is that when something
like the Ebola virus breaks out
in African countries,
Cuba sends its nurses to those
countries to help out.
So, is that humanitarian aid
an example of the terroristic
activity that the United States is
referring to?
And look, this was something that,
of course, happened in the tail end
of the Trump administration.
But now that Biden's in charge,
he's got the power, right?
He has the ability to lift
the Cuban embargo to approach
the US relationship with Cuba in
a more diplomatic way, and
so allow Cuba to run its country
however the hell it wants.
It's a sovereign nation.
Who is the United States to
determine how Cuba should run its
country, right?
You might disagree with communism,
you might not like socialism, but
we don't run Cuba.
We have no honestly no say in how
and we shouldn't have a say in how
they run their government.
But of course when you have US
business interests, looking to
exploit various countries,
they certainly don't like communist
regimes or socialist regimes.
And they want to ensure that
they open up business opportunities
everywhere they go, you Including
in places like Venezuela.
So that's really at
the heart of this.
Now, the State Department said that
the decision was made after quote,
a review of a country's overall
level of cooperation in our efforts
to fight terrorism.
Okay, so
this is a State Department's claim.
Taking into account our
counterterrorism objectives with
that country and a realistic
assessment of its capabilities.
So, the United States really has
a problem with Cuba because it's
allied with Venezuela.
Private business interests in
the United States wants to exploit
Venezuela.
They don't like the fact that
they've nationalized their oil.
They don't like the fact that
business interests can't take
advantage of them as they please.
And the same goes for Cuba.
Those two allied countries,
their friends, terrorist activity,
how dare they.
Anything that goes
against the vested interests of
private corporations in the eyes of
the US State Department is
terrorist activity.
That's what this is.
And Joe Biden has decided to go
along with that narrative instead
of reverse the damage
that's been done by Donald Trump.
And I think that's a problem,
especially when Obama wasn't so
great on foreign policy.
But he did secure the Iran nuclear
deal, which Trump then ripped
up and Biden refused to re enter.
He also lifted some
of the restrictions towards Cuba.
Which Biden is unwilling to re
implement.
So, if people want to give Biden
credit for allegedly being close to
FDR on domestic policy and
whatever.
First off, that's not true, he
certainly hasn't been fighting for
FDR like policies domestically.
And internationally, his foreign
policy has been dog crap,
100% dog crap.
Just an extension of Donald Trump's
horrific behavior, and
he should be called out for that.