This is for all the Americans that TdA terrorized and murdered over the years, namely Laken Riley, Jocelyn Nungeray, Claretha Daniels, Justin Lawless, and many more.

Today, I am sanctioning Cuba’s state-owned energy company, Unión Cuba-Petróleo (CUPET), under President Trump’s EO 14404. Cuba’s Communist elites have weaponized energy as a tool of social control and kleptocratic profit. For decades, the regime has stolen and hoarded available fuel — using it for the Castros’ private jet, the security services forces used to repress the Cuban people, to keep empty tourist hotels lit up, and to bus people in for fake protests and political stunts — all while the Cuban people have suffered blackouts and waited weeks to fill their cars. President Trump wants a new future for the Cuban people with greater economic and political freedom and opportunity. Until then, we will continue to target the Communist regime’s ability to leverage its energy trade to further its corrupt agenda and violently repress the Cuban people.

.@SECWAR “What happens with the future of Cuba is in the hands of the President of the United States and the leadership of Cuba. NO MATTER WHAT—THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR IS GOING TO BE PREPARED AND POSTURED FOR ANY POSSIBLE CONTINGENCY.”

Great partnership between @StateDept and @DFCgov executing on the TRIPP development corridor and President Trump’s historic Armenia-Azerbaijan peace deal!

The Cuban regime must make immediate economic and political reforms. We are asking very simple things: -Open the economy, -Free political prisoners, -Stop treating private citizens as a threat, and -Stop blaming America for the misery produced by Havana and its failed policies.

For decades, Cuba has been the world capital for radical left-wing terrorism. The regime in Havana has recruited, trained and backed violent Marxist and third-worldist movements across our hemisphere and beyond. Today, we are targeting the network that enables and funds Cuba's subversive and radical operations. Pursuant to sanctions authorities created by President Trump’s groundbreaking Cuba Executive Order, I am designating the following entities: 1. Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba (MINFAR) 2. Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) 3. Amistur Cuba S.A. 4. Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR) 5. Minera La Victoria S.A. Anyone providing services to these sanctioned actors is at risk of sanctions themselves. Foreign banks and other companies that provide services to these entities should freeze those activities. The Trump Administration will no longer tolerate radical Marxist regimes in our hemisphere seeking to threaten U.S. national security and engage in influence operations to export their poisonous and evil “revolution” to our country and around the world.

.@NIHDirector_Jay: The CDC Is Protecting Americans From Ebola wsj.com/opinion/the-cdc-is-p…

SECRETARY RUBIO: "We can't be spending money on social experiments around the world that further the aims of an ideological movement in the United States."

SECRETARY RUBIO: "The number of puppet shows and all these other stupid things that we're spending money on is going to be zero."

SECRETARY RUBIO: "We actually struck a pretty good deal with them, in which we can ensure that our money will be spent in a way that furthers our national interests, and not go to fund the NGO industrial complex."

SECRETARY RUBIO: "Rather than force a bunch of NGOs from Northern Virginia on you, we are going to work with you, and give the money government-to-government."

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.@SecRubio: "We don’t want aid to solely be judged by how much you spend. We want it to be judged by what its results are."

SECRETARY RUBIO: "Cuba has sponsored terrorism. For example, virtually every left-wing, radical, violent terrorist group in the Western Hemisphere has at some point relied on support from Cuba."

SECRETARY RUBIO: "We now have in this hemisphere, a coalition of friendly countries, over a dozen, who have aligned to work on not just the issues of security that we all have in common, but also economic prosperity that goes hand in hand."

We are grateful for the continued partnership with @ifrc on the Ebola response in DRC, whose staff put themselves in harm’s way each day to help deliver care and contain the virus. We are proud to provide financial support and our disaster and embassy teams continue to coordinate closely on the ground.

Congratulations to A/S Cate Dillon! Cate has been an invaluable part of and @SecRubio’s team @StateDept since day one and critical driver of President Trump’s America First agenda. At @ECA_AS, Cate will no doubt lead with grace and be a powerful ambassador for American culture, values and excellence as our nation celebrates its 250th birthday.

In advance of next month’s World Cup, The United States, Mexico, and Canada have announced aligned public health travel measures for individuals coming from African regions at greatest risk from the Ebola virus. Americans and visitors should remain confident that President Trump and his Administration are taking ever step to contain the Ebola virus in Africa and prevent it from coming to the United States. state.gov/releases/office-of…

Grateful to the @StateDept for their trust and funding to IOM’s Ebola response. With their rapid support for global health security, IOM is scaling up health screening, surveillance and preparedness at critical borders and regional Points of Entry. state.gov/releases/office-of…