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On September 18, the U.S. State Department announced sanctions targeting Cuba's nickel reserves and several military research entities, under President Trump’s May executive order granting broad sanctioning powers. The move freezes assets linked to these entities in the United States and prohibits American individuals from conducting business with them. Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez condemned the actions as part of a policy aimed at economically strangulating Cuba and harming its people rather than its government elite.

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On September 17, The United States imposed sanctions on 11 Cuban entities, including four state-run enterprises related to nickel reserves and four military research and development organizations. The sanctions also targeted three military officials involved in these sectors. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that the move aims to curb activities enriching Cuba's elite while worsening conditions for ordinary Cubans. In response, Cuba’s top diplomat Bruno Rodriguez has claimed that US sanctions are causing harm and shortages on the island. The sanctions follow an executive order signed by President Donald Trump in May 2019, which allowed broader powers to sanction Cuban individuals and entities. Rubio further emphasized that these measures aim to pressure Cuba's government to prioritize its people over its military class.

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"The Trump administration will not stand by as Cuba's elite enrich themselves through resource extraction and hoard resources for Cuba's repressive security apparatus while the Cuban people go without," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement. "

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U.S. sanctions Cuba's nickel reserves, military research entities · mixed framing

Claims (9 extracted, 3 hedged)

The United States has issued additional Cuba-related sanctions, targeting the island nation's nickel reserves as well as several of its military research entities, as the Trump administration tightens its economic vise on Havana. asserted

administration → issue → Havana

President Donald Trump declared a national emergency over Cuba in late January, followed by an executive order in May creating broad powers for the State Department to sanction a wide swath of Cuban individuals and entities. uncertain

Department → declare → individuals

The sanctions announced by the State Department Thursday come under the May order, blacklisting four Cuban nickel-sector entities and three military officials leading them as well as four Cuban military research and development entities. uncertain

sanctions → announce → them

Rubio → stand → statement

President Trump remains committed to a Cuba government by its people, not by a military class that treats the island's future as its own private inheritance. asserted

that → remain → inheritance

Thursday's sanctions is the 11th round of punitive measures the Trump administration has announced against Cuba since the May executive order. uncertain

administration → announce → order

The sanctions freeze any U.S.-linked assets of those designated, and generally bar U.S. persons from doing business with them. asserted

sanctions → freeze → them

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez accused Rubio of "lashing out" at Cuba as part of the Trump administration's policy "of maximum economic strangulation and collective punishment" against the Cuban people. asserted

Rodriguez → accuse → people

"He will fail in his attempt to break us," Rodriguez said on X. "We will never renounce our sovereignty and independence, won through nearly 70 years of Revolution." asserted

We → fail → Revolution