This is the first time the U.S. government has imposed sanctions on Díaz-Canel, Cuba's handpicked president and head of the Communist Party, a civilian figure who was spared in several rounds of ...

US announces sanctions against Cuban leaders for human rights abuses tied to 2021 protests, emphasizing support for Cuba's human rights.

Still, Díaz-Canel is the sitting president, and the sanctions likely mean he won´t be attending the United Nations’ General Assembly, which he has done on a couple of occasions, in 2018 and ...

File. Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel gestures during the BRICS summit second plenary session in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 6, 2025. BRICS leaders descended on sunny Rio de Janeiro, but ...

Cuba’s leader Miguel Díaz-Canel, landed Sunday in New York on his second visit to the United States to participate in several engagements during the week of meetings of the United Nations ...

Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel and his wife, Lis Cuesta, were greeted by Cuba’s representative to the United Nations, Gerardo Peñalver Portal, and the head of the Cuban embassy in Washington ...

Coinciding with the anniversary of the islandwide July 11 uprising in 2021 on Friday, the United States sanctioned Cuba’s leader, Miguel Díaz-Canel, for his involvement in “gross violations ...

HAVANA (AP) — The United States government announced Friday it was sanctioning Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and other top officials for human rights violations and restricting access to ...

Cuba’s leader Miguel Díaz-Canel landed Sunday in New York on his second visit to the United States to participate in several engagements during the week of meetings of the United Nations ...