U.S. sanctions 10 Cuban entities tied to regime funding and repression

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U.S. Department of State sanctioned 10 Cuban entities, including Milicias de Tropas Territoriales and ANTEX S.A., under Executive Order 14404 for regime funding and repression.
The designated entities span paramilitary, surveillance, forced labor exports, and key state-owned companies across fuels, foreign trade, finance, maritime transport, and tourism.
The sanctions extend broader U.S. efforts to curtail Cuba’s internal repression and regional influence, aligning with measures announced around the fifth anniversary of July 11 protests.

Sanctions target revenue and security apparatus

As reported by U.S. Department of State, the latest designations cover 10 entities that Washington says form part of the Cuban regime’s funding base and coercive machinery. The department says the sanctions are issued under Executive Order 14404, which authorizes measures against persons linked to repression in Cuba and other threats to U.S. national security and foreign policy.

The designated bodies include Milicias de Tropas Territoriales, a part-time civilian paramilitary force under the command of Cuba’s Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, and the Association of Combatants of the Cuban Revolution, which the State Department describes as a government-controlled paramilitary organization that conducts surveillance on dissidents. Also listed are Corporacion Antillana Exportadora, or ANTEX S.A., which the department says manages the export of Cuban forced labor to Angola, and the Rapid Response Brigades, which it describes as para-police groups organized by the Cuban government.

The State Department also names six state-owned entities that it says generate revenue sustaining the Cuban regime. They are Enetec S.A. and Coreydan S.A. in fuels, Grupo Empresarial de Comercio Exterior in foreign trade, Organizacion Superior de Direccion Empresarial Caudal S.A. in insurance and financial services, Grupo Empresarial de Transporte Maritimo Portuario in the maritime sector, and the Ministry of Tourism of Cuba, which regulates tourism in and out of the country.

Broader pressure on Cuba policy

The action forms part of what the department calls a comprehensive push to curb Cuba’s activities both domestically and across the hemisphere. In the statement, the department links the sanctions to the government’s suppression of dissent and to wider U.S. national security concerns.

The announcement follows a July 11 statement by the Secretary marking the five-year anniversary of the Cuban regime’s suppression of popular protests. In that statement, he says the United States will continue using every available tool to address threats posed by the Cuban Communist regime and to drive economic and political reforms aimed at giving Cuba what he describes as a better future.

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