The U.S. Embassy in Cuba posted a message on its social media citing a warning from Secretary of State Marco Rubio regarding the revocation of visas for foreigners who pose a threat to national security or U.S. foreign policy.
The tweet reproduces a statement that Rubio made on February 16 during a joint press conference with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in Budapest: "If we identify a visitor in our country whose presence poses a threat to our foreign policy and national security, we will revoke their visa."
The original message was published by the Department of State in February. Almost two months later, the Embassy in Cuba amplified it, in a clear signal that the specific recipient is the Cuban public.
Rubio's statement was not isolated. In that same press conference in Budapest, the Secretary of State emphasized that a visa is not a right, but a privilege, and that no court can dictate to the Executive Branch how to conduct foreign policy.
The message is part of a systematic policy of restriction and revocation of visas that the Trump administration has applied with particular intensity towards Cuba since 2025.
In June 2025, the United States suspended tourist, business, and study visas as well as exchanges for Cubans, citing high overstay rates and lack of cooperation from the regime in deportations.
In February 2026, Washington announced sanctions against participants in acts of repudiation outside the Embassy in Havana, including immediate visa revocation and permanent inadmissibility in U.S. territory.
That same month, the official journalist Pedro Jorge Velázquez, known as "El Necio," received visa restrictions due to his harassment campaigns against American diplomats.
In March 2026, the Embassy demanded that the Cuban regime stop intimidating activist Anna Bensi, warning that the officials involved would never be allowed to enter the United States.
The Undersecretary of State Christopher Landau, nicknamed the "visa remover," has been the main operational executor of this policy.
The Embassy in Cuba has systematically used social media to amplify warning messages directed at both the regime and the Cuban citizenry, in a direct communication strategy that aims to bypass the government’s information control in Havana.
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