Treasury imposes additional sanctions on Cuba over allegations of 'serious human rights abuse'
Source: The Hill
The Treasury Department on Friday announced sanctions on Cuba's Ministry of Interior and its director due to allegations of "serious human rights abuse," the latest in a string of hard-line actions aimed at the Caribbean nation in the final days of the Trump administration.
The Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced in a press release that it was sanctioning Cuba's interior ministry, along with its minister, Lazaro Alberto Álvarez Casas, in pursuance of President Trump's December 2017 executive order targeting "perpetrators of serious human rights abuse and corruption around the world."
In a news release, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said, "The Cuban regime has a long history of human rights abuse."
"The United States will continue to use all the tools at its disposal to address the dire human rights situation in Cuba and elsewhere around the world," he said.
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