U.S. Sanctions Cuban Friendship Institute And Four Other Havana Entities
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday, June 4, 2026, designated five Cuban entities for U.S. sanctions, saying the move targets Havana's influence and intelligence network.[1]
He named the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (MINFAR) and the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR).[1] Also designated were Minera La Victoria S.A. and Amistur Cuba S.A.[1] Rubio warned that U.S. organizations can no longer legally do business with ICAP.[1] He said the action was taken under President Trump's Cuba executive order.[1]
Amistur Cuba S.A. has organized recent trips to Cuba for U.S. nonprofits in a network reportedly funded by American donor Neville Roy Singham.[1] Rubio said the sanctions aim to disrupt Cuba's influence and intelligence operations linked to the designated entities.[1]
The designations bar certain transactions with the named organizations and are likely to complicate exchanges and programming that U.S. nonprofits had run in partnership with Amistur or ICAP.
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- On Thursday, June 4, 2026, Secretary of State Marco Rubio designated five Cuban entities for sanctions under President Trump's Cuba executive order.
- The sanctioned entities are the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (MINFAR), the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR), Minera La Victoria S.A. and Amistur Cuba S.A.
- Rubio said the action is aimed at Cuba's influence and intelligence network and warned U.S. organizations they can no longer legally do business with ICAP.
- Amistur Cuba S.A. has organized recent trips to Cuba for U.S. nonprofits in a network reportedly funded by American donor Neville Roy Singham.
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