U.S. Imposes Financial Sanctions on Cuba's President and Raúl Castro's Son

The United States has imposed financial sanctions targeting Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, several of his relatives, and Colonel Alejandro Castro Espín, son of former leader Raúl Castro. The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added Díaz-Canel's wife, Lis Cuesta Peraza, and his stepson, Manuel Anido Cuesta, to the sanctions list.

Raúl Castro's grandson and Alejandro Castro Espín's son, Raúl Alejandro Castro Calis, was also sanctioned. The Trump administration extended these measures to include the Cuban Ministry of Armed Forces and the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR), a network of neighborhood committees established to support the communist revolution.

Further entities targeted by the sanctions include the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples, the La Victoria mining company, and the travel agency Amistur. These sanctions effectively prohibit any financial dealings with the sanctioned individuals and organizations, aiming to exert pressure on the Cuban government.