WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — As the United States (US) on Saturday commemorates its 250th anniversary of independence, the Donald Trump administration says it is imposing sanctions on “Cuban actions” allegedly responsible for subversive anti-American activities.

The US Department of State said on Saturday that it is designating five entities and five individuals as part of the “Trump administration’s comprehensive push to end the Cuban regime’s decades-long campaign of political, ideological and institutional warfare against the United States and to hold accountable those who sustain its operations and profit from the Cuban people’s oppression”.

“The Cuban regime continues to demonstrate that it prioritises the exportation of radical left-wing violence through its malign influence networks and the enrichment of the regime over the well-being of the Cuban people,” it said. “These sanctions are designed to hold international actors supporting the Cuban regime accountable.”

The department warned that foreign banks and companies providing services to those designated are at risk of sanctions and should freeze those activities.

“The Trump administration will continue to target the Cuban regime’s subversive network, those who enable its subversive operations, and those who profit while the Cuban people suffer,” it said, stating that “all targets” designated on Saturday have been designated “pursuant to Executive Order (EO) 14404, which authorises sanctions on persons determined to meet specified criteria related to repression in Cuba and threats to US national security and foreign policy”.

The state department said entities associated with “developing, implementing and funding the Cuban regime’s violent revolutionary network are being designated”.

They comprise the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba  (MINFAR) for “being a political subdivision, agency or instrumentality of the Government of Cuba”.

The state department said MINFAR is the government ministry in charge of the Cuban military.

It said the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) is designated for “being a political subdivision, agency or instrumentality of the Government of Cuba”.

The state department said ICAP is a Cuban organisation founded by late Cuban President Fidel Castro in 1960 that supports Cuban intelligence and counterintelligence activities.

It said Amistur Cuba SA is designated for “being owned, controlled or directed by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, ICAP, an entity designated pursuant to EO 14404 for being a political subdivision, agency or instrumentality of the Government of Cuba”.

The US Department of State said the Committees for the Defence of the Revolution (CDR) is designated for “being owned, controlled or directed by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the Government of Cuba”.

It claimed that CDR is under the direction of the Ministry of Interior of Cuba, which was previously designated for “being a political subdivision, agency or instrumentality of the Government of Cuba, and is a fundamental pillar of Cuba’s state oppressive security apparatus”.

The state department said several “regime-aligned elites and their family members” are also designated.

They include Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez for “being or having been a leader, official, senior executive officer, or member of the board of directors of the Government of Cuba”, the state department said.

It said Lis Cuesta Peraza is designated for “being an adult family member of a person designated pursuant to this order”, stating that Peraza is the spouse of Diaz-Canel.

The state department said Manuel Anido Cuesta is designated for “being an adult family member of a person designated pursuant to this order”, stating that Manuel Anido Cuesta is Lis Cuesta Peraza’s son and Diaz-Canel’s stepson.

In addition, the state department said Alejandro Castro Espin is designated for “being owned, controlled or directed by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the Government of Cuba”.

It said Alejandro Castro Espin is the former head of the Cuban intelligence services and the son of former Cuban President Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz, the brother of Fidel Castro.

The state department said Raul Alejandro Castro Calis is designated for “being an adult family member of a person designated pursuant to this order”.

It said Raul Alejandro Castro Calis is the son of Alejandro Castro Espin.

The state department also said Minera la Victoria SA, a Cuban gold mining joint venture created by Australia-based entity Antilles Gold Ltd and Cuban SOE Geominera SA, is designated for “operating in or having operated in the metals and mining sector of the Cuban economy”.

The department said Minera la Victoria SA is “responsible for generating revenue for the Cuban regime”.

The state department said that, as a result of Saturday’s sanctions-related actions, and in accordance with Executive Order 14404 of May 1, 2026, “Imposing Sanctions on Those Responsible for Repression in Cuba and for Threats to US National Security and Foreign Policy”, all property and interests in property of the designated persons “described above that are in the United States or in possession or control of US persons are blocked and must be reported to the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)”.

Additionally, the state department said that all entities that are owned individually or in the aggregate, 50 per cent or more by one or more blocked individuals, are also blocked.

It said all transactions and dealings by US persons or persons within, or transiting, the United States that involve any property or interests in property of designated or otherwise blocked persons are prohibited, “unless authorised by a general or specific license issued by OFAC or exempt”.

The state department said these prohibitions include the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods or services by, to or for the benefit of any blocked person and the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods or services from any such person.

The department warned that foreign persons who engage in transactions with persons designated pursuant to EO 14404 — or that operate in the energy, defence and related materiel, metals and mining, financial services, or security sector of the Cuban economy, as identified in EO 14404 — are themselves at risk of sanctions.

“Non-US persons, including foreign financial institutions, should proceed with caution in any dealings with a party sanctioned under this authority,” the department further cautioned.

It said actions to return assets to a sanctioned party or transfer them to another jurisdiction for potential use by the target “could expose non-US persons to significant sanctions risk”.

The US Department of State said all property and interests in property of persons that are blocked pursuant to the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR) continue to be blocked.

It said the CACR prohibits persons subject to US jurisdiction from dealing in property in which Cuba or a Cuban national has an interest, unless authorised or exempt.