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The Majority of the House Foreign Affairs Committee in the United States demanded the end of the dictatorship in Cuba this Friday, supporting the statements made by the UN Ambassador, Mike Waltz, who the day before had called for immediate reforms to the Havana regime during a session of UN Member States.
"Cuba has long been ruled by dictators who deprive its citizens of freedom. The Trump administration demands that this come to an end," the committee posted on social media platform X, amplifying Waltz's message and joining a day of intense diplomatic pressure and sanctions against the Cuban regime.
On Thursday, Waltz had intervened at the UN with a direct message to the regime: "The Cuban regime must implement immediate economic and political reforms. We are asking for very simple things: to open up the economy, release political prisoners, stop treating citizens as a threat, and stop blaming the United States for the misery generated by Havana and its failed policies."
The ambassador also held the regime accountable at the UN for its economic failures, human rights violations, and its status as a threat to international security, while reaffirming Washington's commitment to the Cuban people.
These statements were made on the same day that the Trump administration launched its third wave of sanctions against Cuba in 2026, which included Miguel Díaz-Canel, his wife Lis Cuesta, Alejandro Castro Espín, Raúl Alejandro Castro Calís, and Manuel Anido Cuesta, in addition to institutions such as MINFAR, the CDR, and ICAP.
Since January 2026, the Trump administration has imposed over 240 sanctions against the Cuban regime, as part of a maximum pressure policy that has also targeted the military conglomerate GAESA and other entities of the dictatorship's economic apparatus.
In parallel to the pressure, Waltz announced that the U.S. has provided over 585 million dollars in food, humanitarian aid, and medicine to Cuba, and that Washington is willing to offer 100 million dollars in additional direct assistance to the Cuban people, channeled through the Catholic Church and other trusted institutions, contingent on the regime's approval.
In May 2026, UN experts accused the U.S. of jeopardizing the basic rights of Cubans by restricting fuel supplies to the island, a claim that Washington rejected.
"I spoke today about the commitment of the United States to provide direct humanitarian aid to the Cuban people, while holding the corrupt communist regime in Havana accountable for its economic failures, human rights violations, and its status as a threat to international security," Waltz declared on Thursday.
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