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U.S. designates Cuban president under human-rights provision, adds 11 hotels to restricted lists
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The United States designated Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and two other senior officials under Section 7031(c) for gross human-rights violations and updated Cuba-related restricted and prohibited accommodations lists to include 11 regime-linked hotels, a government staff member said.
This week the United States designated Cuban President Miguel Díaz‑Canel and two other senior officials under Section 7031(c) for “gross human rights violations” and updated its Cuba restricted list and Cuba prohibited accommodations list to include 11 regime‑linked hotels, a staff member said. The statement was issued on the anniversary of the July 11, 2021, protests in Cuba.
The action “builds on existing visa restrictions targeting Cuban judicial and prison officials involved in the unjust detention and torture of protesters,” the staff member said. Section 7031(c) is cited in the announcement as the authority for the designations.
The staff member characterized the list changes as intended to cut off financial lifelines to the Cuban regime by limiting certain accommodations and related transactions. The statement named Miguel Díaz‑Canel and referenced two other senior officials but did not list the additional officials by name in the transcript provided.
The announcement also did not include the specific names of the 11 hotels added to the Cuba prohibited accommodations list in the excerpt provided. Details about which U.S. departments administered the updates or the precise legal mechanisms for enforcing the hotel restrictions were not specified in the transcript excerpt.
Because the measures reference visa restrictions and updates to administrative lists rather than a legislative vote, no motion or vote was recorded in the statement excerpt. Further implementation details and any follow-up actions were not specified.
