Washington. The Trump administration defended its sanctions on Cuba on Wednesday after the United Nations' human rights chief warned US actions were causing "widespread harm to the population and endangering lives."
"These sanctions target the leaders and entities who sustain the regime's malicious campaign to subvert and destabilize US national security," a White House official told Reuters in response to a request for comment.
Washington has imposed sanctions on an array of Cuban entities and people, including the island nation's president, as it seeks to intensify pressure on Cuba's communist leaders. The sanctions follow the United States' declaration of a national emergency this year that would impose tariffs on any country that supplies oil to the island, a move that has resulted in frequent power outages.
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