‘Just the Beginning’: Biden Administration Sanctions Cuban Communist Regime After Protests

Cuban protesters march in Havana, Cuba, on July 11, 2021. Eliana Aponte/The Associated Press

The United States on July 22 sanctioned key Cuban Communist Party officials for human rights abuses following widespread protests across the island nation.

President Joe Biden said in a statement that the administration’s actions against a top-level Cuban official and a paramilitary organization known as Boinas Negras are “just the beginning,” and the United States “will continue to sanction individuals responsible for oppression of the Cuban people.”