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The US has banned Raul Castro and his family from entering the country due to human rights violations in Cuba and Venezuela.
The US State Department has imposed sanctions against former Cuban leader Raul Castro and members of his family - they are banned from entering the country. The ban is due to a "gross violation of human rights" in Cuba during Castro's rule.
Raul Castro oversaw a system that allowed arbitrary detentions of Cubans, the State Department said, and there are now more than a hundred political prisoners in the country. Cuban intelligence agencies, according to the US, participated in operations in Venezuela, where, among other things, they used torture. Thus, the State Department concluded, Castro is involved in human rights violations in this country, where he supported the actions of President Nicolas Maduro.
The United States strongly supports the protection of the rights of Cubans and Venezuelans. We will continue to use diplomatic and economic measures to help Venezuelans achieve the change they deserve. (English.)
- Raul Castro is the younger brother of the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro. He led Cuba when his brother retired in 2006. The main achievement of Raul Castro as head of state was the restoration of relations with the United States - in 2016, American President Barack Obama flew to Cuba for the first time in modern history.
- The US-Cuba rapprochement ended under Donald Trump. In 2018, Castro decided not to run for a new term as head of Cuba, he was replaced in this post by Vice President of the State Council Miguel Diaz-Canel.