HAVANA: Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has warned that new sanctions imposed by Washington, along with recent remarks by US President Donald Trump, will tighten the blockade against Cuba and deepen tensions between the two countries.
The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control on Thursday added Diaz-Canel, as well as several other individuals and five entities, including the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba, to its list of Specially Designated Nationals.
Trump had previously suggested that the United States could turn its attention to Cuba once the war with Iran is over.
In a post on X, Diaz-Canel said that the US move is “aimed at reinforcing the blockade and the scenario of conflict between Cuba and the United States.”
He added that “the coercive measures implemented in recent weeks against Cuba are designed to harm the Cuban people, and the aggression and chaos of the US government will clash with Cuba’s determination to face the worst-case scenario and resist the imperialist offensive.”
Translated by Chuk Bora
