The United States on Thursday July 22 imposed financial sanctions on Cuban Defense Minister Alvaro Lopez Miera and on a special unit of the Interior Ministry for the "
repression
" of recent "
peaceful demonstrations and pro-democracy
" in Cuba.
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"
The Cuban people are protesting for the fundamental and universal rights that their government must guarantee them,
" US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a statement, promising to continue to apply sanctions against the island to support "
their quest for democracy.
".
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