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Trump expands U.S. sanctions on Cuban government

By Steve Holland and Daphne Psaledakis Reuters
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FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump, next to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., makes an announcement linking autism to childhood vaccines and to the use of popular pain medication Tylenol for pregnant women and children, claims which are not backed by decades of science, at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 22, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo Kevin Lamarque Reuters

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Friday issued an executive order broadening U.S. sanctions against the Cuban government, two White House officials told Reuters.

The fresh sanctions target people, entities and affiliates that support the Cuban government's security apparatus or are complicit in corruption or serious human rights violations, the officials said, as well as agents, officials or supporters of the government.

It was not immediately clear what people or entities were hit with sanctions under the order, which was first reported by Reuters.

(Reporting by Steve Holland and Daphne Psaledakis; Editing by Michelle Nichols)

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This story was originally published May 1, 2026 at 9:15 AM.

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