The State Department announced new sanctions on Cuba targeting state-owned companies and the leadership of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) on Aug. 20.
The sanctions targeted Fernando González Llort, the president of ICAP; the group’s vice president, Noemí Ramona Rabaza Fernández; and its North America director, Leima Martínez Freire. The State Department also imposed sanctions on nine Cuban entities linked to the regime’s exploitation of the metals and mining sector.
“Today’s designations make clear that the Trump Administration will not tolerate the Cuban regime’s efforts to fund its repression or continue its decades-long campaign of subversive anti-American activities,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement….