Posted on August 3, 2021. Apart from sanctions against oppressors, Joe Biden should implement measures to alleviate the situation of the Cuban people. The new sanctions by the U.S. government against Cuba once again increase the pressure against the regime that governs the island, pushing its citizens into poverty and a lack of freedom, but do not in any way contribute to easing the situation faced by the Cuban people. Joe Biden’s government sanctioned the minister of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces, Álvaro López Miera, and the Special National Brigade, also known as the “Boinas Negras” or “Black Berets,” as a result of the unbearable repression by the security forces after the protest demonstrations of July 11. Virtually at the same time, the regime in Cuba conducted a series of summary trials of dozens of people arrested during the protests, with sentences of up to one year in prison.