State Department Adds Five Entities to Cuba Restricted List

The State Department added five sub-entities to the Cuba Restricted List, according to a Nov. 19 notice. The entities include: Grand Aston Cayo Las Brujas Beach Resort and Spa, Gran Muthu Imperial Hotel, Gran Muthu Rainbow Hotel, Gran Hotel Bristol Kempinski and the Grand Aston Varadero Resort. The move blocks all direct financial transactions with the entities because they would “disproportionately benefit” Cuba’s military and security services, the State Department said in a press release.