President Donald Trump put the Cuban regime back in the spotlight Friday with the signing of a presidential action that broadened U.S. sanctions on the communist government.
The latest action against the Caribbean nation comes after successful military operations in Venezuela and Iran, as Trump and other administration officials have hinted for months at potential U.S. intervention in Cuba.
Trump’s order imposes new sanctions on individuals, entities, and affiliates of the Cuban regime. It also targets anyone complicit in human rights violations or corruption.
Cuba’s policies continue to “constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat,” Trump’s order reads. “Not only are these policies, practices, and actions designed to harm the United States, but they are also repugnant to the moral and political values of free and democratic societies.”…