US State Department Cuba Sanctions

Several lists of Cuban companies and hotels that are blocked by the US State Department separately from the sanctions lists maintained by the Treasury.

Data overview 

Entities:
Total1,188
Searchable560
Targets560
Entity types:
Companies560
Countries:
Cuba560
Publisher:US State Department (State) · United States

The Counter Threat Finance and Sanctions division (TFS) is responsible for developing and implementing sanctions to counter threats to national security posed by particular activities, terrorist groups and countries. TFS advises the Secretary on economic sanctions strategies to achieve U.S. foreign policy objectives and works with other agencies to enact such strategies.

Collections:in Consolidated Sanctions · OpenSanctions Default · Sanctioned Securities · United States Sanctions
Information:www.state.gov
Source data:docs.google.com · CSV
Tags:list.sanction · target.cu · juris.us · issuer.west
Coverage:added · current until · frequency: not automated
Last processed:
2026-07-27 06:02:02 · v. 20260727060202-cer
Last change:

Bulk download 

Downloads contain the full set of entities contained in this dataset. You can fetch a simplified tabular form, or detailed, structured data in JSON format. Updated files will be provided once a day at the same location.

File nameExport typeSize
accommodations.csvSource data75.28 KB
entities.ftm.jsonFollowTheMoney entities690 KB
names.txtTarget names text file14.16 KB
restricted_entities.csvSource data42.75 KB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format395.87 KB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON789.67 KB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV143.2 KB

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Using the API 

You can query the data in this dataset via these API endpoints:

For entity matching, use the /match endpoint:
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Programs2 

This dataset consolidates entities targeted by the following sanctions programs, policy regimes or sub-lists:

IDTitleIssuerTarget countries
[US-DOS-CU-PAL]Cuba Prohibited Accommodations ListState United States
Cuba
[US-DOS-CU-REA]List of Restricted Entities and Subentities Associated With CubaState United States
Cuba

Recent additions 

The following targeted entities have been added to this data source most recently:

AddedNameTypeCountries
Banco Financiero Internacional S.A.CompanyCuba
Rafin S.A.CompanyCuba
Ministerio de las Fuerzas Armadas RevolucionariasCompanyCuba
Almacenes UniversalesCompanyCuba · Brazil
Empresa de Producciones VariasCompanyCuba
Unión de Industria MilitarCompanyCuba
ORBIT S.A.CompanyCuba
Terminal de Contenedores de Mariel, S.A.CompanyCuba
Terminal de Contenedores de la HabanaCompanyCuba
Marina GaviotaCompanyCuba
Departamento de Seguridad del EstadoCompanyCuba
Empresa de Tecnologías de la Información Para La DefensaCompanyCuba
Empresa Importadora Exportadora de Abastecimientos TécnicosCompanyCuba
Gaviota Hoteles CubaCompanyCuba
Organización Integración para el Bienestar SocialCompanyCuba
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