US sanctions Cuba officials over protest response, Biden warns more to come
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23/07/2021 - 03:58 “This is just the beginning the United States will continue to sanction individuals responsible for oppression of the Cuban people,” Biden said in a statement. © Marco Bello / AFP 4 min The United States imposed sanctions on Cuba’s defense minister and a special forces unit Thursday for repressing peaceful protests, a step President Joe Biden warned is “just the beginning” of punitive measures against Havana. Advertising Read more
The US Treasury Department said its Office of Foreign Assets Control froze the assets of minister Alvaro Lopez Miera and the Special National Brigade (SNB), a division of Cuba’s interior ministry, in relation to human rights abuses committed during a crackdown on protests on the island earlier in July.
Biden hits Cuba with more sanctions over its crackdown on protesters
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U S sanctions Cuban security minister, special forces unit
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