WASHINGTON: The US Ministry of Finance said on Friday that it imposes sanctions on two Cuban Ministry of Interior officials and military units for the strong actions of the Cuban government in the protesters last month.
The department said it was sanction Romarico Vidal Sotomayor Garcia and Pedro Orlando Martinez Fernandez and Tropas de Prevencion from the Cuba 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.
The Cuban Embassy in Washington did not respond to a request to comment.
In July, the Biden government imposed sanctions on Cuban police forces and two leaders.
Protests erupted in July amid the worst Cuban economic crisis since the fall of old allies, the Soviet Union, and a surge in the Coronavirus infection record.
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.