{"id":67803,"date":"2026-06-04T18:27:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T22:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/?p=67803"},"modified":"2026-06-04T18:27:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T22:27:57","slug":"u-s-sanctions-cuban-president-miguel-diaz-canel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/u-s-sanctions-cuban-president-miguel-diaz-canel\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. sanctions Cuban President Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The United States has added Cuban President Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel to its sanctions list, along with several members of Cuba\u2019s ruling elite and state-linked entities, according to the Treasury Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The designations were <a href=\"https:\/\/ofac.treasury.gov\/recent-actions\/20260604\">announced<\/a> on Thursday by the Treasury Department\u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), which added D\u00edaz-Canel to the Specially Designated Nationals list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also sanctioned were Alejandro Castro Esp\u00edn, the son of former Cuban leader Ra\u00fal Castro; Raul Alejandro Castro Calis, who was listed as linked to Castro Esp\u00edn; Lis Cuesta Peraza, who was listed as linked to D\u00edaz-Canel; and Manuel Anido Cuesta, who was listed as linked to Cuesta Peraza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>OFAC also sanctioned Cuba\u2019s Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, known as MINFAR, along with the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution, the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples, travel agency Amistur Cuba SA and mining company Minera La Victoria SA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The action places the named people and entities on OFAC\u2019s sanctions list, generally blocking property and interests in property under U.S. jurisdiction and restricting dealings with U.S. persons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D\u00edaz-Canel, who has led Cuba since taking over from Ra\u00fal Castro and later becoming president, is the highest-ranking Cuban official named in Thursday\u2019s action. OFAC did not immediately provide a detailed public explanation in the list update beyond the Cuba-related sanctions authority used for the designations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sanctions come weeks after the Justice Department <a href=\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/raul-castro-charged-in-1996-aircraft-shootdown-that-killed-4-americans\">unsealed charges<\/a> against Ra\u00fal Castro and five other men in the 1996 Cuban shootdown of two unarmed Brothers to the Rescue aircraft over international waters, which killed four people, including three U.S. citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D\u00edaz-Canel called the indictment a political action \u201cwithout any legal basis,\u201d accusing the United States of lying and manipulating the 1996 shootdown. He said Cuba acted in \u201clegitimate defense\u201d after repeated violations of its airspace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States has added Cuban President Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel to its sanctions list, along with several members of Cuba\u2019s ruling elite and state-linked entities, according to the Treasury Department. The designations were announced on Thursday by the Treasury Department\u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), which added D\u00edaz-Canel to the Specially Designated Nationals list. 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