WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The U.S. Department of State issued the following transcript of remarks by the U.S. Secretary of State:
Press Statement
Marco Rubio, Secretary of State
July 23, 2026
The Communist Cuban regime continues to pose a deep multifaceted threat to U.S. national security and hemispheric stability, as the Department chronicled just this weekin a reportdetailing seven decades of the regime's subversion and attempts to debase and disrupt the American polity.
Today, pursuant to President Trump's Executive Order (E.O.) 14404, I am designating nine entities and two individuals whose activities perpetuate the regime's control over Cuba's energy, financial, and exploitative overseas medical labor sectors. Those sanctioned today ...