The Trump administration has imposed new sanctions targeting eight entities and two individuals linked to the Cuban regime’s foreign military support and illegal revenue networks.
The U.S. State Department said the sanctions were intended to advance the administration’s push to end the regime’s “malign activities” in Cuba and across the Western Hemisphere. The sanctions designated entities and individuals associated with Cuba’s shipping networks, China-based suppliers of Cuba’s military forces, state-owned import and technical support entities, and Cuban elites.
In recent months, the Trump administration has increased pressure on Cuba to make political and economic reforms by maintaining an oil blockade against the regime and imposing multiple rounds of sanctions targeting Cuban entities and individuals….