US imposes sanctions on Cuban president, Treasury website shows

The U.S. on Thursday imposed sanctions on Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and some affiliated people and entities, the U.S. Treasury Department's

website showed.



The sanctions also targeted four other people and five entities, including Diaz-Canel's wife, Lis Cuesta Peraza, two members of the Castro family, and the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces.



The Cuban government did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the sanctions.



Diaz-Canel, 66, has served as president of the Caribbean country since taking over from Raul Castro, the brother of Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro, in 2018.



Thursday's action against Diaz-Canel is the latest by Washington to intensify pressure on the island's communist leaders.



The sanctions were announced as President Donald Trump told reporters that the U.S. wanted Cuba "to be a nicely run country."