The Trump administration has slapped tough new restrictions on U.S. citizens visiting Cuba, barring Americans from staying at scores of hotels, while blacklisting dozens of Cuban businesses. The move reverses much of President Obama’s thaw in relations with Cuba. The restrictions won’t end direct flights between the U.S. and Cuba, but will make it extremely difficult for Americans to travel individually to the island. The sanctions were immediately condemned by Cuban officials. This is Josefina Vidal of the Cuban Foreign Ministry.

Josefina Vidal: “Unilateral sanctions do not work. Unilateral sanctions affect people. They hurt people. So we are very opposed to unilateral sanctions, so you will never see the Cuban government adopting these kind of sanctions against other countries, other people, including the United States.”