{"id":16121,"date":"2026-05-19T13:13:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T05:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=16121"},"modified":"2026-05-19T13:13:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T05:13:26","slug":"us-sanctions-senior-cuban-officials-as-tensions-escalate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=16121","title":{"rendered":"US sanctions senior Cuban officials as tensions escalate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/78.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/78.png 500w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/78-300x162.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. is sanctioning 11 people it claims are \u201cCuban regime-aligned actors,\u201d including top officials, as tensions heat up between the two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a fact sheet released Monday, the State Department said it was \u201csanctioning 11 Cuban regime-aligned actors and three entities in furtherance of the Trump Administration\u2019s comprehensive campaign to address the pressing national security threats posed by Cuba\u2019s communist regime and hold accountable the regime and those who provide it material or financial support.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the sheet, some of those who are being sanctioned include Cuban Minister of Energy and Mines Vicente de la O Levy, Cuban Minister of Communications Mayra Arevich Mar\u00edn and National Assembly for People\u2019s Power President Juan Esteban Lazo Hern\u00e1ndez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Miami Herald reported that the president of the National Assembly for People\u2019s Power, the communications minister and the energy and mines minister were also sanctioned by the Treasury Department on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The State Department fact sheet claimed that due to the sanctions, any property \u201cand interests in property\u201d owned by those being sanctioned on U.S. soil \u201care blocked and must be reported to the Department of the Treasury\u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Monday, Cuban President Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel warned of a \u201cbloodbath\u201d if the U.S. attacked his country, comments that followed Axios reporting that Cuba has over 300 military drones with discussed plans to use them to hit the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay or Key West, Fla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Axios cited classified intelligence displaying that Cuba\u2019s drone buildup could strike these sites and U.S. military vessels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe threats of military aggression against Cuba from the world\u2019s greatest power are well-known,\u201d D\u00edaz-Canel wrote on the social platform X.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. is sanctioning 11 people it claims are \u201cCuban regime-aligned actors,\u201d including top officials, as tensions heat up between the two countries. 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