News Summary

• Company that imports parts needed to maintain Cuba's power grid among those hit with sanctions.
• "The goal in theory is to create so much civilian hardship and suffering that they have no option but to essentially rise up and topple their government," a sanctions expert says.
• The u.s. State Department made the announcement just hours after Cuban officials held a press conference to share more details on the historic economic reforms.
• "This past year has been very complex, and we know why," Cuba's deputy prime minister and minister of foreign investment says.