NEW YORK, June 4 (Xinhua) -- The United States imposed sanctions on Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and several other individuals and entities on Thursday to ramp up pressure on the island country.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel delivers a welcome speech to participants of the "Nuestra America," or Our America Convoy at the Convention Palace in Havana, Cuba, Friday, March 20, 2026. (Adalberto Roque/Pool Photo via AP)

The U.S. Treasury Department has added Diaz-Canel, four other individuals and five entities, including Cuba's Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, to the Specially Designated Nationals List, according to an update posted on the department's website.

Diaz-Canel, 66, succeeded Raul Castro as Cuban president in 2018.

In May, the U.S. government sanctioned 11 Cuban officials and charged Raul Castro over a 1996 incident involving Cuban exiles.