Secretary Marco Rubio Designates Sanctions on Certain Cuban Entities

The Secretary of State tweeted Thursday a list of Cuban entities on which the U.S. will impose sanctions, following President Trump's Cuba Executive Order.

Which entities were included in this list?

• Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba (MINFAR)
• Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP)
• Amistur Cuba S.A.
• Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR)
• Minera La Victoria S.A.

What U.S. leaders are saying: 

• Marco Rubio: "The Trump Administration will no longer tolerate radical Marxist regimes in our hemisphere seeking to threaten U.S. national security and engage in influence operations to export their poisonous and evil 'revolution' to our country and around the world."

Trump's Cuba Executive Order, announced Monday, serves to impose sanctions on those "responsible for repression in Cuba," aiming to prevent threats to U.S. national security.

In January, the Trump administration first declared Cuba a national security threat. Following the U.S. capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, the administration halted Venezuelan oil deliveries to Cuba.

Months later, the U.S. is increasing economic pressure on the island. Anyone involved with the entities listed above is at risk of sanctions.

"Anyone providing services to these sanctioned actors is at risk of sanctions themselves. Foreign banks and other companies that provide services to these entities should freeze those activities," Rubio wrote on X.

Since February, the U.S. has conducted multiple surveillance flights off the coast of the island, increasing pressure on the Cuban government and gathering intelligence on such entities listed above, particular the MINFAR.

"The Trump Administration will no longer tolerate radical Marxist regimes in our hemisphere seeking to threaten U.S. national security and engage in influence operations to export their poisonous and evil 'revolution' to our country and around the world," Rubio wrote on X.

Cuba has been under communist rule for over six decades. The U.S. government has spent month negotiating with the island, hoping to protect U.S. national security.

The new sanctions implemented on Cuba add to the ongoing conflict in the Caribbean.