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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 27, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 40232]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-15957]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control

Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets 
Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons that have 
been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked 
Persons List (SDN List) based on OFAC's determination that one or more 
applicable legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in 
property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these persons are blocked, and 
U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions 
with them.

DATES: See Supplementary Information section for applicable date(s).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Andrea Gacki, Director, tel.: 
202-622-2490; Associate Director for Global Targeting, tel.: 202-622-
2420; Assistant Director for Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 
202-622-2490; Assistant Director for Licensing, tel.: 202-622-2480; or 
the Assistant Director for Regulatory Affairs, tel. 202-622-4855.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Availability

    The Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List and 
additional information concerning OFAC sanctions programs are available 
on OFAC's website (www.treasury.gov/ofac).

Notice of OFAC Action(s)

    On July 22, 2021, OFAC determined that the property and interests 
in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of the following persons are 
blocked under the relevant sanctions authority listed below.

Individual

    1. LOPEZ MIERA, Alvaro (Latin: L[Oacute]PEZ MIERA, 
[Aacute]lvaro), Cuba; DOB 26 Dec 1943; POB Havana, Cuba; nationality 
Cuba; Gender Male (individual) [GLOMAG].
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(C)(1) of Executive Order 
13818 of December 20, 2017, ``Blocking the Property of Persons 
Involved in Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption'' (E.O. 13818) 
for being a foreign person who is or has been a leader or official 
of an entity, including any government entity, that has engaged in, 
or whose members have engaged in, serious human rights abuse, 
relating to the leader's or official's tenure.

Entities

    1. BRIGADA ESPECIAL NACIONAL DEL MINISTERIO DEL INTERIOR, Cuba; 
Target Type Government Entity [GLOMAG].
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(iii)(B) of E.O. 13818 for 
being owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act 
for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the MINISTRY OF 
INTERIOR, a person whose property and interests in property are 
blocked pursuant to the Order.

    Dated: July 22, 2021.
Bradley T. Smith,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of 
the Treasury.
[FR Doc. 2021-15957 Filed 7-26-21; 8:45 am]
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