U.S. imposes sanctions on Cuban President, Treasury website shows

Key points

• ​​The U.S. on Thursday (June 4, 2026) imposed sanctions on Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel ​and some affiliated people and ⁠entities, the U.S. Treasury Department’s website showed.
• The Cuban government did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the sanctions, which also targeted four other people ⁠and five entities, including ⁠the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba.
• Diaz-Canel, 60, has served as ​President of the Caribbean country since taking over from Raul Castro, the brother of Cuba’s former leader Fidel Castro, in 2018. Thursday’s action ​against Diaz-Canel is the latest by Washington to intensify pressure ⁠on the island’s communist leaders.
• The sanctions were announced as U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters that the U.S. wanted Cuba “to be a nicely run country.” Last month, the U.S. government imposed sanctions on 11 Cuban officials, including the country’s communications minister, several military leaders and ​its main intelligence agency.