CONDEMNATION has broken out after Cuba’s president and first lady were slapped with further sanctions by the Trump administration as it ramps up pressure on the island’s leadership.

Alongside President Miguel Diaz-Canel and his wife Lis Cuesta Peraza, three others were also hit by penalties, including Alejandro Castro Espin — son of former Cuban president Raul Castro — who served as an adviser to Cuba’s defence and national security commission, and his son Raul Alejandro Castro Calis.

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