US sanctions Cuba’s Castro for propping up Venezuela’s Maduro

Published September 26, 2019 6:39pm ET



President Trump is barring Cuban Communist leader Raúl Castro and his children from entering the United States, citing human rights abuses and his regime’s support for Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro.

“Castro is complicit in undermining Venezuela’s democracy and triggering the hemisphere’s largest humanitarian crisis, forcing 15 percent of the Venezuelan population to flee the country and precipitating a food shortage and health crisis of unprecedented scale in this region,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a Thursday announcement.

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