The US bans former Cuban President Raul Castro from entry

The State Department banned travel to the US by Cuban Communist Party head and former President Raul Castro, the younger brother of the late revolutionary and longtime leader Fidel Castro. The State Department also banned the former president’s four children.

The US administration announced prohibitions on the entry Venezuelans and foreigners who act “on behalf of or in support of” Maduro’s government or derive “significant financial benefit.” That includes members of the Constitutional Assembly and officers of the army, police or national guard, as well as immediate relatives, including people who already have travel visas for the US.

The announcements came during the UN General Assembly, at which heads of state and government convene annually in New York with senior members of their staff and other officials.

The 88-year-old Castro — who, as the first secretary of the Communist Party, remains Cuba’s most influential figure — last visited in 2015 to address the General Assembly. His children have rarely traveled to the US.

Via US State Department