Cuba Falling: I Didn’t Even Know You Could Do This Many Sanctions

In this PJ Media article, Sarah Anderson argues that the Trump administration is dramatically escalating pressure on Cuba’s communist regime through a widening sanctions campaign aimed at its leadership, military apparatus, and regime-linked financial networks.

• Anderson says the latest sanctions build on a May 1 executive order allowing Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to target Cuban officials and entities deemed threats to U.S. national security.
• She notes that earlier actions targeted GAESA, the military-linked business conglomerate she describes as central to Cuba’s regime economy and elite enrichment.
• The new round reportedly goes directly after Cuban “president” Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermudez, along with his wife, stepson, members of the Castro family, and several state-linked organizations.
• The sanctions also include Cuba’s Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples, Amistur Cuba SA, the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution, and Minera la Victoria SA.
• Anderson explains that the sanctions generally freeze or block U.S.-linked assets and prohibit Americans from providing funds, goods, or services to sanctioned people or entities.
• She emphasizes that foreign banks, companies, and individuals may also face sanctions if they continue doing business with designated Cuban entities.
• The article cites the State Department’s position that the sanctions are part of a broader Trump administration effort to counter Cuba’s support for radical left-wing networks and hold accountable those profiting from repression.
• Anderson points to a New York Times report saying some international companies, including hotel groups, are cutting ties with Cuba amid the sanctions pressure.
• She highlights that Cuba’s Central Bank said a company processing Visa and Mastercard transactions withdrew in response to the White House order, which Anderson frames as a major blow to Cuba’s tourism-dependent hard currency flow.
• The article closes by noting angry public responses from Díaz-Canel and Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez, while Anderson argues the regime’s public defiance may mask deeper pressure behind the scenes.

Read the full story: https://pjmedia.com/sarah-anderson/2026/06/04/cuba-falling-i-didnt-know-you-could-do-this-many-sanctions-n4953604