The old Castro regime and the Castro family are not finding the Donroe Doctrine to their liking, and that's for sure and for certain. Their primary oil source, Venezuela, is now in hands at least somewhat more friendly to the United States - and now the American State Department is hitting Cuba in the pocketbook again. On Tuesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a new round of sanctions on at least five Cuban enterprises and directly on one member of the Castro clan. Several of the sanctions hit the "Grupo de Administración Empresarial S.A. (GAESA)," (in English, "Business Administration Group S.A."), which controls a substantial portion of Cuba's moribund economy.
Rubio designated five entities generating revenue for the current Cuban regime, including three associated with the previously designated Grupo de Administración Empresarial S.A. (GAESA), and one member of the extended Castro family.
"Today, I am designating five Cuban entities generating revenue for the Cuban regime, including three associated with the previously designated Grupo de Administración Empresarial S.A. (GAESA), and one member of the extended Castro family pursuant to President Trump's Executive Order (E.O.) 14404 of May 1, 2026, "Imposing Sanctions on Those Responsible for Repression in Cuba and for Threats to United States National Security and Foreign Policy," Rubio said in a statement.
"GAESA continues to operate as the financial muscle behind the Cuban regime’s repressive security apparatus. Two of the entities designated today are GAESA-linked financial institutions associated with moving money on the regime’s behalf, and one is a GAESA-linked logistics company that executes the regime’s bidding across the island," Rubio continued.
We might note that the financial muscle behind the Cuban regime has grown pretty thin on the bone.
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And, as noted, one person is called out by name, another member of the Castro family identified for financial sanctions.
"I am also designating two additional entities generating revenue for Cuba through the exploitation of the island’s mineral and metal reserves, including Cuba’s state-owned GeoMinera. Finally, I am designating the wife of Alejandro Castro Espín, who himself was previously designated pursuant to E.O. 14404. These entities and actors fund, facilitate, or benefit from the regime’s malign activities, both in Cuba and across our hemisphere," Rubio's statement concluded.
Good. This is the time to bear down on Cuba. The remains of the Castro government are broke, their primary sources of energy are cut off, and Russia isn't as supportive of the island dictatorship as the old Soviet Union was in the bad old days of the Cold War. If the communist government can be defenestrated, then a new, prosperous Cuba should arise, and quickly. Cuba was once a popular vacation spot for American and European tourists; it is well-positioned for such tourism, smack dab in the middle of the waters between the Caribbean and the Gulf of America.
The Cuban people have suffered enough under the Castros. It's time that changed. And Secretary of State Marco Rubio, being of Cuban descent himself - Secretary Rubio was born in Miami to Cuban immigrant parents - may be the ideal guy to get this job done.
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