(FILES) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez speaks during a press conference in Havana on September 17, 2025. A new round of US sanctions on Cuba constitute "collective punishment" of the nation's people, the island's foreign minister said on May 1, 2026, as relations between the two countries steadily worsen. "We firmly reject the recent unilateral coercive measures adopted by the #UnitedStates government. These actions demonstrate an intention to impose, once again, collective punishment on the Cuban people," Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said on X. (Photo by ADALBERTO ROQUE / AFP via Getty Images)