Cuba Designations; Russia-related Designation Removal; Issuance of Amended Cuba General License
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Source:US Treasury OFAC (U.S. Treasury, public domain)
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced several updates to its Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List, involving new sanctions on Cuban individuals and entities and the removal of Russian-related designations. Additionally, the Treasury issued an amended Cuba General License, 4A, which permits certain transactions for diplomatic and consular missions located in Cuba.
Under the Cuba-related sanctions program (CUBA-EO14404), OFAC added Fidel Ernesto Castro Calis to the SDN List. Several Cuban organizations were also designated, including the financial institution Banco Exterior de Cuba and the state-owned enterprise Comercial CUPET S.A. Other targeted entities include the mining support firm Empresa de Servicios Comandante Rene Ramos Latour (also known as Nicarotec), the machinery wholesaler Empresa Importadora de Abastecimiento para el Petroleo (ABAPET), and the nickel trading company Empresa Importadora y Abastecedora del Niquel (CEXNI).
Conversely, the Treasury Department removed several designations related to the Russia-related sanctions program (RUSSIA-EO14024). The deletions involve various branches and aliases of Dulac Capital Ltd, a Swiss-based entity with operations in Moscow and Saint Petersburg.
These administrative changes reflect ongoing adjustments to U.S. economic sanctions enforcement and the management of specific licensing authorizations for international diplomatic operations.
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