Trump scales up Cuban sanctions targeting state-run companies
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The US has imposed a new round of sanctions on Cuban officials and companies, Secretary of State Marco Rubio says.
Nine state-owned mining, metal and building firms, the Ministry of Construction and officials connected to a Cuban-based international institute have been named in the latest tranche of economic sanctions.
In a statement, Rubio accused various figures of "ferrying a new brigade of international sympathizers to Havana to network with regime officials" to coincide with the late former leader Fidel Castro's 100th birthday.
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The US has imposed a new round of sanctions on Cuban officials and companies, Secretary of State Marco Rubio says.
Nine state-owned mining, metal and building firms, the Ministry of Construction and officials connected to a Cuban-based international institute have been named in the latest tranche of economic sanctions.
In a statement, Rubio accused various figures of "ferrying a new brigade of international sympathizers to Havana to network with regime officials" to coincide with the late former leader Fidel Castro's 100th birthday.