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Three Cuban officials who were found to be connected with actions to suppress pro-democratic protests in Cuba were sanctioned today by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

The Florida State Board of Education voted to direct Education Commissioner to consider sanctions against Broward and Alachua counties over their mask mandates. NBC 6’s Alyssa Hyman reports.

NBC 6’s Laura Rodriguez is in Coconut Grove, where the Miami City Commission unanimously passed a resolution urging the Biden administration to act against the Cuban regime.

The Biden administration announced new sanctions Thursday against a Cuban official and a government entity that it says was involved in human rights abuses during a government crackdown on protests on the island earlier this month. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control listed Alvaro Lopez Miera, a Cuban military and political leader, and the Brigada Especial Nacional...

NBC 6’s Laura Rodriguez has the latest on the growing concerns both on the island nation and in South Florida.

Russia’s top diplomat says Moscow will expel 10 U.S. diplomats in response to U.S. sanctions

President Joe Biden said further actions could be taken against Russia if the it “continues to interfere with our democracy.” “The United States is not looking to kick off a cycle of escalation and conflict with Russia. We want a stable, predictable relationship,” Biden said.

China has imposed sanctions on nearly 30 former Trump administration officials as they made their way out the door

The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday imposed sanctions against two Iranian officials for the 2007 abduction of former FBI agent Robert Levinson, authorities said.

More than 70 nations are voicing strong opposition to what they consider threats to the International Criminal Court and decrying sanctions on its top officials.

The Trump administration has blacklisted virtually all of Iran’s financial sector, dealing another blow to an economy that is already reeling under U.S. sanctions

The new rules will keep U.S. citizens from staying in government hotels and ban certain items from being purchased.

The U.S. Treasury Department announced new sanctions on Cuba Wednesday, which ban Americans from buying rum and tobacco as well as staying in government-owned hotels when traveling to the country. The action comes as Republican President Donald Trump reaffirmed his administration’s “ironclad solidarity” with the Cuban people, whose descendants in the U.S. often vote for the GOP. It also...

The Trump administration has declared that all U.N. sanctions against Iran have been restored, a move most of the rest of the world rejects as illegal

The Trump administration has charged a Russian national in a sweeping plot to sow distrust in the American political process, And the government is imposing sanctions against a Ukrainian lawmaker accused of interfering in the U.S. presidential election in November

President Donald Trump announced at a press conference on Wednesday that he had instructed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to notify the United Nations that the U.S. will attempt to reinstate sanctions on Iran through what’s called a “snapback procedure.”

The U.N. Security Council has resoundingly defeated a U.S. resolution to indefinitely extend the U.N. arms embargo on Iran, with the Trump administration getting support from only the Dominican Republic

China has announced unspecified sanctions against 11 U.S. politicians and heads of organizations promoting democratic causes, including Senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, who have already been singled out by Beijing

A new congressional report says Russian oligarchs are skirting U.S. sanctions through shady high-end art deals

President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a bill and executive order that he says will hold China accountable for its oppressive actions against the people of Hong Kong. “[Hong Kong’s] freedom’s been taken away, their rights have been taken away and with it goes Hong Kong in my opinion,” he said.