WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — As the United States (US) on Saturday commemorates its 250th anniversary of independence, the Donald Trump administration says it is imposing sanctions on “Cuban actions” allegedly responsible for subversive anti-American activities.

The US Department of State said on Saturday that it is designating five entities and five individuals as part of the “Trump administration’s comprehensive push to end the Cuban regime’s decades-long campaign of political, ideological and institutional warfare against the United States and to hold accountable those who sustain its operations and profit from the Cuban people’s oppression”.

“The Cuban regime continues to demonstrate that it prioritises the exportation of radical left-wing violence through its malign influence networks and the enrichment of the regime over the well-being of the Cuban people,” it said. “These sanctions are designed to hold international actors supporting the Cuban regime accountable.”