The Republican congressman highlighted that the regime is more aware of what is happening in Florida than the crisis that the Cuban people are experiencing.
MADRID, Spain.- Republican congressman Carlos Giménez, representative of the 28th district of Florida, responded this Monday to the chancellor of the Cuban regime, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, after the official’s complaints about investigations in Miami into businessmen who maintain commercial ties with Cuba.
In a message published on social network X, Giménez criticized that the Government of Havana focuses its attention on what is happening outside the country while a deep economic and social crisis persists on the Island. “You are more concerned about what is happening in Miami than about taking care of the precarious conditions in which the Cuban people live,” the legislator wrote.
The congressman, of Cuban origin, also added a direct warning to the regime: “They have little left, we are taking care of that,” in reference to the efforts of exile sectors and American politicians to increase international pressure against the system established in Cuba.
🚨Ustedes están más preocupados sobre lo que sucede en Miami, que de ocuparse de las precarias condiciones en las que vive el pueblo cubano.
Les queda poco, nos estamos encargando de eso. https://t.co/WJcTFwC6F6
— Rep. Carlos A. Gimenez (@RepCarlos) January 27, 2026
Giménez’s statements came after Rodríguez accused Florida politicians of “hindering, limiting and threatening” American and Cuban businessmen residing in that state who maintain commercial relations with public and private companies on the Island.
The chancellor once again presented these investigations as part of an alleged “economic war” against Cuba and questioned who is responsible for “blocking and closing ties” between both countries. The city of Hialeah, in Miami-Dade County, last week made the decision to investigate nearly 290 local companies for possible commercial links with the Havana regime. The measure, announced by Mayor Bryan Calvo through the creation of an advisory group called Cuba Business Advisory Task Force (CUBAT), aims to review contracts, licenses and operations to determine if they comply with state and federal legislation, or if they participate in transactions that may directly or indirectly benefit entities controlled by the Cuban State.
As part of the process, companies must present detailed documentation about their commercial relations with the Island, including exports, imports and services, which will be subject to a verification process. If irregularities or violations of current regulations are detected, local authorities could recommend the suspension or revocation of licenses and contracts.
In his response to Rodríguez Parrilla, Giménez did not directly address the issue of licenses or commercial operations, but instead shifted the focus to the internal situation of the Island, marked by food shortages, prolonged blackouts, the collapse of basic services and the repression against dissent.
The congressman has been one of the most constant critics of the Cuban regime on Capitol Hill and has supported measures to limit any economic flow that benefits the state and military structures responsible for the lack of freedoms and the deterioration of the living conditions of the population.
