Washington: The US Ministry of Finance said on Friday it imposes sanctions on two Cuban Ministry of Interior officials and military units for the government’s crackdown in the protesters last month.
The department said the sanction of Sotomayor Vidal Romarico Garcia and Pedro Orlando Martinez Fernandez and the prevention of Tropas de from the Cuban Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces.
“Today’s actions shine in the spotlight in additional perpetrators who are responsible for suppressing the calls of Cubans for freedom and respect for human rights,” said Andrea Gacki, Director of the Office of the Ministry of Finance Control of foreign assets.
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Twitter rejected sanctions, called them “US opportunistic steps to the Ministry of Cuban interior officers and armed forces prevention troops.
These steps reflect the government’s multiple standards used to manipulate #Cuba.” In July, in July, in July, in July, The US stipulates sanctions on Cuban police forces and two leaders.
Protests erupted in July amid the worst Cuban economic crisis ruled by communists since the fall of old allies, the Soviet Union, and a surge in the record of Coronavirus infection.
Thousands of people took to the streets, angered over the shortage of basic items, curbing civil liberties, and handling the authorities of the authorities.
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has blamed riots in the United States, which in recent years has tightened his trade embargo which lasted decades.
He said many sincere protesters were manipulated by social media campaigns regulated by the US.
The US treasury had previously announced sanctions on Cuban Defense Minister and the Ministry of Interior’s Special Forces Unit on charges of violations of human rights in the harsh action of protests, where hundreds of activists were detained.