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Rubio ships new Cuba sanctions

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced new sanctions Thursday on Cuba's military-industrial enterprise, its leader and a state-owned natural resources company.

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The new sanctions show the Trump administration is pushing forward for regime change in Cuba, a long-held goal of Rubio and President Trump. Rubio imposed the sanctions under Trump's May 1 executive order targeting "Those Responsible for Repression in Cuba and for Threats to United States National Security and Foreign Policy. Grupo de Administración Empresarial S.A. Known as GAESA, it is the Cuban military-controlled umbrella enterprise, which Rubio called "the heart of Cuba's kleptocratic communist system" that controls major parts of the country's economy, including hotels. Ania Guillermina Lastres Morera.

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