Ania Guillermina Lastres Morera
Cuban official; first individual added to the SDN list under Executive Order 14404 on 7 May 2026.
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Who is Cuba's first EO 14404 designee, and why her?
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Lastres Morera first SDN under EO 14404
Cuba Dispatch- Who is Ania Guillermina Lastres Morera?
- She is a Cuban official, born 19 August 1962 in Marianao, Havana, who became the first individual added to the US OFAC SDN list under Executive Order 14404 on 7 May 2026.Source: OFAC Recent Actions
- Why was Lastres Morera sanctioned?
- OFAC designated her under EO 14404, which targets officials responsible for repression in Cuba. She is the first individual designation under the new order, signalling Treasury is testing the architecture.Source: OFAC Recent Actions
- When did the US sanction Ania Lastres Morera?
- OFAC added her to the SDN list on 7 May 2026 under the [Cuba-EO] tag, six days after President Trump signed Executive Order 14404 on 1 May 2026.Source: OFAC Recent Actions
Background
Ania Guillermina Lastres Morera, born 19 August 1962 in Marianao, Havana, became the first individual designation under Executive Order 14404 when OFAC added her to the Specially Designated Nationals list on 7 May 2026 under the new [CUBA-EO] tag. She has no significant public profile in mainstream English-language coverage, which is itself the analytic lead: the personal-sanctions register's first occupant is not a household name but a test case for the architecture.
The designation freezes any US-jurisdiction assets and prohibits US persons from dealing with her. The OFAC action coincided with the publication of Cuba General License 1 as a savings clause aligning EO 14404 with the existing Cuban Assets Control Regulations, plus the issuance of six new Cuba FAQs (1251 through 1256) and updates to the SDN entries for GAESA and Moa Nickel SA extending the [Cuba-EO] tag onto their pre-existing [CUBA] designations.
Lowdown has not independently verified Lastres Morera's specific role within the Cuban state apparatus from her OFAC SDN entry alone. Her selection as the inaugural designee suggests OFAC is establishing the EO 14404 architecture with a relatively contained test rather than a high-profile target. The Florida Republican delegation publicly welcomed the EO 14404 direction without naming her specifically, focusing instead on the broader architecture.
