Senator Calls for More Sanctions Against Cuban Human Rights Violators

Sen. Bob Menendez, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, applauded the Biden administration’s recent sanctions against the Cuban government and said he believes more are coming. Menendez, D-N.J., said the U.S. should impose more sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Act for human rights violations, similar to the Treasury Department’s July 22 designations of Cuba’s defense minister and a defense agency (see 2107220055). “Secretary [Antony] Blinken has made clear the Administration will continue holding human rights abusers accountable,” Menendez said July 28. “I urge the Administration to consider additional Global Magnitsky designations.”