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U.S. Sanctions Cuban President Four Years After Historic Protests

HAVANA, CUBA, JUL 11 – The U.S. imposed travel bans on Díaz-Canel and visa restrictions on Cuban officials amid documented arrests of 1,586 protesters linked to the 2021 uprising, the State Department said.

  • On July 11, 2025, the United States imposed sanctions on Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and other senior officials, marking the fourth anniversary of the 2021 protests.
  • The sanctions followed Cuba's crackdown on large protests in July 2021, which caused one death, dozens of wounded, and hundreds of arrests amid economic hardships.
  • The measures include travel bans for Díaz-Canel, Defense Minister Álvaro López Miera, and Interior Minister Lázaro Alberto Álvarez Casas, plus visa restrictions on certain judicial and prison officials.
  • Secretary of State Marco Rubio criticized Cuba on X, alleging that the government is mistreating opposition figure Jose Daniel Ferrer, and called for prompt verification that he is alive along with the freeing of all individuals held for political reasons.
  • These actions signal continued U.S. pressure amid allegations of human rights violations in Cuba and efforts to limit support for officials involved in repression.
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The United States has sanctioned Cuba's President Miguel Díaz-Canel and other government representatives for human rights violations in protests in 2021.

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The State Department has imposed visa restrictions on Miguel Diaz-Canel for his role in the regime's brutality against his own people.

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Washington.- The United States Government reported that it restricted the visa to the President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, as well as other officials, for the repression of the protests of July 11, 2021. "Four years after the brutal repression of the Cuban regime against the protesters, @StateDept is restricting the visas of key figures of the Cuban regime @DiazCanelB, López Miera, Álvarez Casas and his cronies, for their role in the regime's b…

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Telemundo Miami (51) broke the news in on Friday, July 11, 2025.
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