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.

Cuba’s fragile communist system is showing increasing signs of strain as the island grapples with deepening economic hardship ...

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 ...

The U.S. has sanctioned Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and top officials on the anniversary of the 2021 protests, citing human rights violations and unjust detentions.

Cuba leader Miguel Díaz-Canel criticized the U.S. embargo at the United Nations General Assembly but did not mention the war in Ukraine or Russia, his close ally.

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 ...

Before becoming the heir apparent to Cuban President Raul Castro, when Miguel Díaz-Canel was still climbing his way up the ranks of the Communist Party hierarchy in the island's provinces, he ...

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 ...

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 ...