On May 18, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added the Cuban Directorate of Intelligence (DGI/G2) and nine senior Cuban officials to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) under Executive Order 14404, “Imposing Sanctions on Those Responsible for Repression in Cuba and for Threats to United States National Security and Foreign Policy.”
OFAC simultaneously dual-listed several previously designated targets, including the Ministry of Interior (MININT) and the National Revolutionary Police (PNR), under the new EO 14404 authority. These appear to be some of the most consequential Cuba designations issued since EO 14404 was promulgated on May 1, 2026.
Read the update here.