U.S. has imposed sanctions on Cuba

Cuba’s Minister of Communications, Maira Arevich Marín; the President of the National Assembly, Juan Esteban Lazo Hernández; and the Deputy Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, General Joaquín Quintas Sola, as well as a number of lower-level officials, have been targeted by U.S. sanctions, Reuters reports.

The sanctions list includes Cuba’s Directorate of Intelligence (DI), the Ministry of the Interior, and the National Revolutionary Police (PNR). Washington accuses the latter of using mobile prisons and suppressing protests.

"For more than 60 years, the Cuban regime has prioritized its communist ideology and its own enrichment over the well-being of its citizens, while allowing Cuba to be used for foreign intelligence, military, and terrorist operations. The United States will continue to take measures to counter the Cuban regime, those who help it achieve its goals, and those abroad who allow the elites to profit while the Cuban people suffer," the State Department statement said.

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