US to impose new sanctions on Cuba as UN experts warn of ‘energy famine’ | Donald Trump News

The latest sanctions targeting the military-run group come as the US oil embargo continues.

The United States has implemented many new sanctions related to Cuba, among a a months-long campaign of coercion against the island nation.

Thursday’s warnings were announced hours after United Nations experts criticized Washington’s oil blockade on the island as “energy starvation”.

The measures target the Grupo de Administracion Empresarial SA (GAESA), a group controlled by the country’s military that controls almost all sectors of its economy.

He also looked at Ania Guillermina Lastres Morera, the executive president of GAESA and Moa Nickel SA (MNSA), a joint venture between Toronto-based Sherritt International Corp and Cuba’s state-owned nickel company.

Sherritt said in a statement on his website Thursday that he had suspended direct involvement in business in Cuba following the sanctions.

In a statement posted on X, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the sanctions “show that the Trump Administration will not stand by when the communist government of Cuba threatens our national security in our country”.

“We will continue to take action until the government makes all the necessary political and economic changes,” he said.

The Cuban government did not immediately respond to the latest incident, but it did condemn it round before announced this week as “coercive measures” and “public punishment for the Cuban people”.

The Trump administration has increased pressure on the communist government in Cuba following the January 3 ouster of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.

Washington has reimposed Venezuelan oil in Cuba, which is seen as a lifeline. Trump also issued an executive order to punish any country that supplies oil to the island, forcing them to shut it down.

Trump too repeated threats army to overthrow the country’s government.

On Thursday, three UN special rapporteurs condemned what they called “illegal blockades”, which they said “do not only interfere with daily life but also interfere with the enjoyment of many human rights”.

They define “energy starvation” as “a condition in which a lack of fuel prevents the performance of essential functions necessary for a dignified life”.

All told, only one Russian oil tanker has made it to Cuba in recent months, adding to the energy crisis already fueled by the economic crisis.

The experts pointed to reports that the lack of fuel is preventing people from reaching hospitals and children from going to school, and said that the health sector in the country has experienced more than 96,000 surgeries, including 11,000 for children.

“Electric hunger as a tool of coercion is incompatible with international human rights law,” he said.