AXIOS (Marc Caputo) - Rubio announces new Cuba sanctions
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced new sanctions Thursday on Cuba's military-industrial enterprise, its leader and a state-owned natural resources company. Why it matters: The new sanctions show the Trump administration is pushing forward for regime change in Cuba , a long-held goal of Rubio and President Trump. Zoom in: Rubio imposed the sanctions under Trump's May 1 executive order targeting "Those Responsible for Repression in Cuba and for Threats to United States National Security and Foreign Policy." The sanctioned include: - GRUPO DE ADMINISTRACION EMPRESARIAL S.A. Known as GAESA, it is the Cuban military-controlled umbrella enterprise," which Rubio called "the heart of Cuba's kleptocratic communist system" that controls…