The US announced new economic sanctions against Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, his family, and members of the Castro family. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing The Guardian.
The sanctions also affected the son and grandson of former President Raúl Castro, who currently holds no official position but remains a key figure in decision-making about the island's future.
The latest sanctions, announced by the US Treasury Department on Thursday, target President Miguel Díaz-Canel, his wife and stepson, as well as the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces and several other organizations.
The US has imposed an embargo against Cuba for decades, but President Donald Trump has sharply increased pressure on the island in recent months and openly talks about seizing it.
The effective fuel blockade has exacerbated the energy crisis on the island and dealt a blow to its already fragile economy.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on social media platform X that the US is "targeting the network that supplies and finances Cuba's subversive and radical operations," as the US "will no longer tolerate radical Marxist regimes" exporting their "poisonous and evil 'revolution'" to the US and other countries.
Rubio said the sanctions now extend to Cuba's Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, the Cuban Institute of Friendship with Peoples, the company Amistur Cuba, and the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution.
"Anyone who provides services to these sanctioned individuals risks being sanctioned themselves. Foreign banks and other companies providing services to these organizations must freeze this activity," Rubio said.
The Treasury Department's latest actions follow a 2025 step when the US restricted visas for Cuba's president and other senior government officials.
Trump has repeatedly made it clear that the Cuban government could be the next target after Venezuela, which is falling under US pressure.