IMPOSING SANCTIONS ON CUBAN REGIME ACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH MARXIST SUBVERSIVE NETWORKS AND CORRUPT ECONOMIC DEALINGS

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The U.S. Department of State issued the following transcript of remarks by the U.S. Secretary of State:

Press Statement

Marco Rubio, Secretary of State

August 20, 2026

The Cuban regime has long sponsored a vast subversive network in the United States aimed at identifying, cultivating, and radicalizing subversives, largely operating under the pretext of educational or cultural exchange. Just days ago, the regime attempted to use Communist kingpin and despot Fidel Castro's 100th birthday to reinvigorate this subversive network, ferrying a new brigade of international sympathizers to Havana to network with regime officials. The Trump Administration will not stand by while a hostile foreign power seeks to exploit our ...