Washington/The United States Department of State issued a warning letter this Tuesday to a foreign company, which it did not specify, for allegedly being linked to the trafficking of confiscated properties in Cuba.
The State Department warned in its official X account that the company’s senior managers could be subject to immigration restrictions under current legislation.
“A visa is a privilege, not a right,” recalled the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, when underlining the Administration’s hard line in terms of policy towards Cuba and the use of immigration tools as a mechanism of diplomatic pressure.
The measure is part of President Donald Trump’s strategy to tighten visa restrictions against foreign actors involved in the exploitation of expropriated assets on the Island.
“A visa is a privilege, not a right”
On June 11, Miami-Dade County revoked the local tax license of the company Vanguard Energy, which intended to export 250,000 barrels of fuel to Cuba, following the sanctions announced at the beginning of the month by the United States Department of State. against Cuba-Petroleum Union (Cupet), state company of the Island.
The Miami-Dade tax collector, Dariel Fernandezannounced that it revoked the company, based in the Miami metropolitan area, of its Local Business Tax Receipt, a license required to do business in the county, for its “proposed shipments of fuel to the murderous Cuban socialist communist dictatorship.”
The tightening of the measures adds to other recent sanctions by Washington against the Cuban Government, which include restrictions on officials of the Miguel Díaz-Canel regime and the validity of search warrants against former leaders linked to the Castro family.
