Carlos Giménez warns the Cuban regime: "Your time is running out, we are taking care of that."

Cuban-American Congressman Carlos A. Giménez responded this Monday to the Cuban regime's Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, after he accused Florida politicians of "limiting and threatening" entrepreneurs interested in doing business with Cuba.

Giménez's comment was a direct response to a message published by the Cuban chancellor, who complained that the city of Miami is investigating businesses that maintain commercial ties with Cuba, after the mayor of Hialeah announced an audit of nearly 300 local businesses suspected of collaborating with the regime.

"You are more concerned about what happens in Miami than about addressing the precarious conditions in which the Cuban people live. Your time is running out, we are taking care of that," wrote Giménez on his account on X, quoting the message from the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Rodríguez had published hours earlier that, while the government of the United States "claims to defend free enterprise and the freedom of its citizens to invest and do business in any nation, politicians in Florida hinder, restrict, and threaten American and Cuban entrepreneurs residing there, under unfounded pretenses."

The response from the Republican congressman, representative of Florida's 28th district, adds to a series of recent statements against the Havana regime in the context of the tightening of Washington's policy towards the island.

On January 12, Giménez directed a message to Lis Cuesta, the wife of the Cuban leader, in which he said: “You still have time to hand over Díaz-Canel. I don’t think things will go well for you in a federal prison,” referring to the capture of former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro by U.S. special forces, according to previous reports.

The congressman has also advocated for a total oil embargo on Cuba, arguing that “an oil embargo is crucial for preventing the regime from mobilizing to suppress the people,” and he has denounced that the island's government “harbors some of the most dangerous criminals in the world, convicted terrorists and fugitives from U.S. justice,” according to another recent statement.

Giménez's statements are set against the backdrop of increasing pressure from the United States on Havana following the changes in Venezuela and the actions of President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio to undermine the Cuban political and military apparatus. They align with the rhetoric of other Cuban-American congress members from Florida, such as María Elvira Salazar and Mario Díaz-Balart, who have supported President Donald Trump's actions to facilitate political change in Cuba and have warned that “freedom is coming” to the island, in a regional context marked by the fall of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela.