For too long, Communist Cuba has been allowed to operate as an outpost for malign actors and terror groups – including t | Hanami
For too long, Communist Cuba has been allowed to operate as an outpost for malign actors and terror groups – including the Islamic Republic of Iran, the world’s number one state sponsor of terrorism – to target the United States.
Today, I designated BICSA, a Cuban financial institution which has been providing financial services to sanctioned Iranian entities.
Let me be absolutely clear: the Trump Administration will not tolerate a rogue state hosting hostile foreign military, intelligence and terror operations less than a hundred miles from our homeland. https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesman/2026/10/sanctioning-cuban-state-owned-banco-internacional-de-comercio-s-a-bicsa/