US Sanctions Senior Cuban Officials as Tensions Escalate
The sanctions freeze U.S.-linked assets and bar American business with 11 officials and three entities, expanding pressure on Cuba’s government.
- On Monday, the Treasury designated nine Cuban officials and the Intelligence Directorate, intensifying economic pressure on the island's communist leadership.
- A May 1 executive order from President Donald Trump enables Washington to target foreign entities engaging in business with sanctioned Cuban actors.
- The blacklist includes Communications Minister Mayra Arevich Mar and senior military figures; the State Department claimed the regime prioritized ideology while exploiting the country for foreign intelligence operations.
- President Miguel dismissed the accusations on Monday, warning that any attack on the island would "trigger a bloodbath with incalculable consequences" while insisting Cuba poses no threat.
- The Trump administration plans to announce criminal charges against Raul Castro on Wednesday, as Cuba grapples with severe fuel shortages that recently forced many power plants offline.
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Washington and New York., Donald Trump's government announced Monday new sanctions against members of the Cuban leadership, while Republican senators rejected military actions and some business leaders argued for the White House to negotiate with the current island government an economic opening for US investment.
The head of state believes it is "imoral, illegal and criminal" US action. "The collective punishment to which the Cuban people are subjecting is an act of genocide," said Miguel Díaz-Canel.
The Government of the United States has intensified its strategy of economic and political pressure against the communist dictatorship in Cuba, announcing a new set of sanctions aimed explicitly at eleven senior officials and three key entities in the police, political and intelligence branches of the Havana regime. The measure represents a decisive step in the White House's campaign of maximum pressure to dismantle the financial and operational…
Amid mounting pressure, the State Department follows the U.S. Treasury Department in imposing sanctions on Cuban agencies and ministers. The Donald Trump administration has launched comprehensive sanctions against high-ranking officials of the Cuban regime. On the 18th (local time), the U.S. State Department issued a statement announcing that, as part of the Trump administration's comprehensive pressure campaign against Cuba, the communist regim…
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