WASHINGTON, D.C.: The United States on Friday added Latin American adversaries Cuba and Nicaragua, as well as Russia's Wagner Group, to a blacklist on international religious freedom, opening the path to potential sanctions.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the Wagner Group was being designated due to involvement in abuses in the Central African Republic, where nearly a decade of bloodshed has had religious overtones.

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