US EditionUS sanctions Cuban President Díaz-Canel and other officials for human rights violations
CUBA, JUL 11 – The US imposed visa restrictions and targeted regime-linked properties to block funding of repression following hundreds of arrests and ongoing political imprisonment, officials said.
- The US imposed sanctions on Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and other officials for human rights violations.
- The sanctioned officials include Defense Minister Álvaro López Miera and Interior Minister Lázaro Alberto Álvarez Casas.
- The US also added the 'Torre K' hotel in Havana to its restricted list to prevent funding the Cuban regime's repression.
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On July 11, 2021, Cuba woke up. From San Antonio de los Baños to Santiago, thousands of Cubans broke their fear and went to the streets with a slogan that challenged decades of repression: “Patria y Vida.” That historic day was a before and after in the struggle for freedom on the island. Today, four years after those massive protests, a new report prepared by Prisoners Defenders, Center For a Free Cuba and Consorcio Justicia, organizations comm…
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www.diariolibre.comOn Friday, the United States tightened its policy against Cuba with the first sanctions against President Miguel Díaz-Canel “for his participation in serious human rights violations,” following four years of historic anti-government protests. On July 11, 2021, thousands of Cubans took to the streets to the cry of “We are hungry” and “Down with the dictatorship” in an unprecedented protest since the 1959 Revolution that resulted in a death, dozen…
U.S. sanctions Cuba’s president, others over human rights
HAVANA — The United States government announced Friday it was sanctioning Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and other top officials for human rights violations and restricting access to visas on the anniversary of the biggest protests on the island in recent decades. Read more...
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