Top US diplomat in Havana promises more sanctions on Cuba


FILE PHOTO: A view of a street in downtown Havana, Cuba, December 19, 2023. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini/File Photo

HAVANA (Reuters) -The U.S. has more sanctions in store for Cuba, the U.S. top diplomat in Havana said on Friday, just days after the U.S. punished several Cuban judicial officials for their roles in jailing political dissidents on the island nation.

Three Cuban judges and a prosecutor were forbidden from entering the United States on Wednesday, the latest sanctions from the Trump administration, which earlier declared a tough new policy on Cuba.

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