Cuba rejects Trump's new "coercive" sanctions


Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez attends a meeting with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia February 18, 2026. Hector Retamal/Pool via REUTERS

MEXICO CITY, ⁠May 1 (Reuters) - Cuba ⁠rejects fresh sanctions levied ‌on Friday by U.S. President Donald Trump, the island's foreign ​minister said, calling ⁠them "unilateral coercive ⁠measures" that aim to impose "collective ⁠punishment ‌against the Cuban people."

Cuban Foreign ⁠Minister Bruno Rodriguez said in ​a ‌post on X that ⁠the ​measures, made via an executive order earlier ⁠on Friday, violate the ​United Nations Charter, and that the U.S. has ⁠no right to impose them against Cuba or third countries or entities.

"They ​will not ⁠intimidate us," Rodriguez said.

(Reporting ​by Daina ‌Beth Solomon; Writing ​by Brendan O'Boyle; Editing by Mark Porter)

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