America has imposed sanctions on Cuba’s President Miguel Díaz-Canel, together with 4 other individuals, in accordance with a filing Thursday on the U.S. Treasury Department website.
Included within the sanctions are Alejandro Castro Espín, the son of former President Raúl Castro.
The sanctions come after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order expanding sanctions against the island.
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The brand new sanctions boost pressure on the Cuban government but are removed from the primary time the U.S. has imposed sanctions against heads of state or government and their relatives.
The U.S. hit former Sudanese President Omar Bashir and former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe within the early 2000s and more recently targeted former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife with sanctions.
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