Biden administration imposing sanctions on Cuban regime
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President Biden is imposing sanctions on the head of the Cuban military and the division of the Cuban Ministry of the Interior to "hold them accountable for the actions," he announced in a statement Thursday afternoon. And the president said this is "just the beginning" of sanctions.
Mr. Biden said he "unequivocally" condemns the "mass detentions and sham trials that are unjustly sentencing to prison those who dared to speak out in an effort to intimidate and threaten the Cuban people into silence." The Cuban people have the right to freedom of expression, and the U.S. stands with Cuba, he added. "This is just the beginning — the United States will continue to sanction individuals responsible for oppression of the Cuban people," the president said in his statement.Rodeo star Spencer Wright and his wife are making end-of-life preparations for their 3-year-old son after he was found unconscious in a creek, a close family friend said in updates posted on social media and confirmed to CBS affiliate KUTV. The boy had been playing on his tractor before he ended up in the water and a mile downstream.
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