The US Treasury Department has imposed expanded sanctions on President Miguel Díaz-Canel and members of the Castro family to increase pressure on the Cuban government.The directive includes five new entities such as the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, further intensifying the long-standing US embargo.President Donald Trump authorized the measures after a series of earlier sanctions following the repression of protests in 2021.Global financial firms including
Visa and
Mastercard have ceased operations on the island due to the new regulatory restrictions.