US Sanctions Cuban Dictator Miguel Díaz-Canel, Wife and 3 Others, as Trump Ups Pressure to Island’s Communist Leadership
June 5, 2026
The Cuban communist regime is in the US’ crosshairs.
As the peace negotiations in the Middle East are ongoing, the world’s attention is already turning to the next mission by Donald J. Trump’s administration: the island-nation of Cuba.
Yesterday (4), the US imposed heavy sanctions on Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, his wife, and three other individuals.
It’s the latest escalation against Havana’s Communist leadership, freezing individuals’ property and bank accounts in the US.
JUST IN: The Trump administration just slapped MAJOR SANCTIONS on the President of Communist CUBA, Miguel Díaz-Canel, his wife, and 3 other connected individuals
FAFO!
It’s clear Cuba is NEXT to fall.
Communism will not survive in the America hemisphere!
pic.twitter.com/2gFQJkzGlO
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 4, 2026
Euronews reported:
“According to a statement signed by the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, those ‘designated today (Thursday) direct or fund the regime and its efforts to mobilize its radical revolutionary movements in the United States and around the world’.
The move drew immediate condemnation from Havana, with President Miguel saying, ‘This political blindness adds to the coercive measures applied in recent weeks against our country, designed to harm the Cuban people’.”
REPORTER: ‘Are your sanctions on Cuba meant to accelerate its collapse?’
TRUMP: ‘No. We just want them to be a nicely run country’ pic.twitter.com/fRGcP9RdJK
— RT (@RT_com) June 4, 2026
Also sanctioned is Alejandro Castro Espín, son of former Cuban President Raúl Castro.
“But it’s unclear how intertwined their finances are with the American financial system, as analysts believe it’s ‘pretty unlikely’ Cuba’s president and others have assets in the US, according to Richard Feinberg, former US national security adviser on Latin America and professor emeritus of international political economy at the University of California, San Diego.”
Read: Just In – US DOJ Indicts Former Cuban Dictator Raul Castro
Since the capture of Nicolás Maduro in January, the US has imposed an energy blockade that has prevented petroleum supplies to Cuba.
“Reacting to the sanctions, Díaz-Canel accused Trump of making ‘new threatening statements against Cuba’ and said ‘these measures are aimed at reinforcing the blockade and escalating the conflict between Cuba and the United States’.”
Trump on Cuba:
“We will take care of Cuba after Iran.
I like to do one thing at a time.”
This guy has a full schedulepic.twitter.com/PdP3mXr4nW https://t.co/tdY1nv5OVy
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) June 4, 2026
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