On the UN Human Rights Council’s Embrace of Authoritarian Regimes
In 2018, President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the United Nations Human Rights Council due to its well-established pattern of anti-Israel bias and…
Addition to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List
Today, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added Cuban national Luis Alberto Rodríguez López-Calleja (also known as López-Callejas) to OFAC’s list of…
Addition to the Cuba Restricted List
Today, the Department of State is adding American International Services (AIS) to the Cuba Restricted List. AIS is a financial institution controlled by the Cuban…
Deputy Assistant Secretary Carrie Filipetti Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs
U.S. Department of State For Immediate Release September 23, 2020 SPECIAL BRIEFING VIA TELEPHONE September 23, 2020 The Miami Hub Moderator: Greetings to everyone from…
Announcement of the Cuba Prohibited Accommodations List
U.S Department of State Press Statement Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State September 23, 2020 Today, the Department of State is announcing the creation of…
Treasury Amends Regulations to Restrict Revenue Sources to the Cuban Regime
U.S Department of the Treasury Press Releases September 23, 2020 WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) amended the…
On the Overdue Release of Cuban Journalist, Roberto Quiñones
The U.S. Government is gratified to see independent journalist Roberto de Jesús Quiñones reunited with his family after a year of undue suffering as a…
COVID-19 Information
Location: Havana Event: On September 1, new COVID related restrictions will be imposed in the province of Havana by the local government. The new restrictive…
Suspension of Private Charter Flights between the United States and Cuba
Today, I requested that the Department of Transportation suspend private charter flights to all Cuban airports, including Havana. This action will suspend all charter flights…
Statement from Chargé d’Affaires Mara Tekach The Truth about Cuban Medical Missions
As someone who has lived on the island and watched how the Cuban Communist regime portrays its medical missions program for several years, I regularly…
Remarks by U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Mara Tekach
U.S. Independence Day 2020 Remarks by U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Mara Tekach in Havana, Cuba July 4, 2020 “Proclaim Liberty throughout all the land unto all…
Letter from Chargé d’Affaires Mara Tekach to José Daniel
Dear José Daniel, The time has come for us to continue our conversation. The only thing which has alleviated my outrage at your unjust detention…
José Daniel Ferrer Receives the Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom Award
Human rights defender José Daniel Ferrer has spent most of his adult life imprisoned for trying to make Cuba a free nation. Ferrer has worked…
Additions to the Cuba Restricted List
PRESS STATEMENT MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE JUNE 3, 2020 Today, the United States Government is announcing the addition of seven new subentities to…
Chargé d’Affaires, Mara Tekach
DoS Press Statement – Cuban Independence Day
PRESS STATEMENT MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE MAY 20, 2020 On Cuban Independence Day, I extend my warm regards and best wishes to the…
Presidential Message on Cuban Independence Day
On Cuban Independence Day, we recognize the patriots who fought to liberate Cuba from its colonial oppression and build a society founded on freedom. We…
Telephonic Press Briefing with Ambassador Michael Kozak & U.S. Special Envoy Lea Gabrielle
Moderator: Greetings to everyone from the U.S. Department of State’s Media Hub of the Americas in Miami, Florida. I would like to welcome our participants who have…
