Nora Gámez Torres, El Nuevo Herald

In a case that appears to represent a shift in policy, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has opened legal proceedings against a longtime pro-Cuba activist based in Tampa.

Albert A. Fox Jr., who has extensive ties with the Cuban government, faces a $100,000 fine for alleged violations of the U.S. embargo during two trips to the island over the past six years.