US Imposes Sanctions on Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel in Latest Move to Pressure Leadership
The move follows an executive order expanding pressure on Havana and adds to sanctions on the Cuban military-linked conglomerate, officials said.
- On Thursday, the United States Treasury Department imposed sanctions on President Miguel Diaz-Canel and four others, following President Donald Trump's executive order expanding measures against the island.
- Trump has ratcheted up pressure on Havana after pledging a "friendly takeover" if leadership refuses to open the economy, enforcing an energy blockade that caused severe blackouts and food shortages across Cuba.
- Included in the sanctions is Alejandro Castro Espin, son of President Raul Castro, who recently faced U.S. criminal charges regarding the 1996 shootdown of civilian planes flown by Miami-based exiles.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio remains doubtful the United States can reach a diplomatic resolution with Cuba's socialist leadership, despite the administration's stated preference for a negotiated deal.
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Rubio sanctions Cuban groups with ties to US nonprofit network funded by communist donor Neville Roy Singham
Secretary of State Marco Rubio put U.S. organizations on notice: they can no longer do business with a key Cuban organization that has spent over six decades since the launch of Fidel Castro's communist revolution in 1959, cultivating relationships with U.S. activists and groups, many of them now funded by communist American tycoon Neville Roy Singham.The sanctions target the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples, known by its Spanish a…
US sanctions Cuban president as Trump turns up heat on island's leadership
The State Department has sanctioned Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, along with four other individuals and five entities within the island nation’s communist government. The sanctions are “part of the Trump Administration’s comprehensive push to end the Cuban regime’s decades-long campaign of political, ideological, and institutional warfare against the United States and to hold accountable those who sustain its operations and profit from the …
Trump Admin Tightens Squeeze on Cuba With Sanctions on Díaz-Canel, Others
The Trump administration imposed sanctions Thursday on Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel, his wife, and three other key individuals in the latest escalation of pressure on the island’s communist leadership amid intensifying economic hardship. The Treasury Department’s move builds on earlier executive measures and takes aim at key figures in the regime and associated entities. It freezes any assets those individuals or groups may hold in U.S. jurisd…
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Vanguard NewsUS imposes sanctions on Cuban president, Castro family members
HAVANA: The United States announced new sanctions Thursday (Jun 4) on Cuba's president and some of his immediate family, alongside members of the Castro family, in Washington's latest ramping up of pressure on its neighbour.Among those targeted were the son and a grandson of former president Raul Castro, who
U.S. hits Cuban president with sanctions
The United States has imposed sanctions on Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, his wife and three other individuals, in the latest move by the Trump administration to pressure the island's leadership that drew immediate condemnation from Havana.
U.S. imposes sanctions on Cuban president, Castro family members
HAVANA -- The United States announced new sanctions Thursday on Cuba's president and some of his immediate family, alongside members of the Castro family, in Washington's latest ramping up of pressure on its communist-led neighbour.
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