Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the sanctions in a post on X, which were also levied against Cuban Defense Minister Álvaro López Miera, and Interior Minister Lázaro Alberto Álvarez Casas.

At the time, the Cuban government said it was the result of a US media campaign and decades of US sanctions. In 2022, Cuban prosecutors said some 790 people were investigated for acts related to the protests ranging from disorder to sabotage and vandalism.

The State Department confirmed sanctions were imposed on UN official Francesca Albanese over efforts targeting U.S. and Israeli officials through the ICC.

Momentum has been building behind a bipartisan bill to impose sanctions on countries that purchase Russian oil, as Republicans work behind the scenes to win President Trump’s support.

In today’s volatile geopolitical environment, financial institutions face an unprecedented challenge: staying compliant amid increasingly complex, extraterritorial, and rapidly evolving sanctions regimes.

Oil prices rose over 2% on Friday as the International Energy Agency said the market was tighter than it appears, while U.S. tariffs and possible further sanctions on Russia were also in focus.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board today sanctioned Goldman & Company, CPA's, Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton, and PWR CPAs.