Skip to main content

Cuba

February 14, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Representatives Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), Maria Elvira Salazar (FL-27), Carlos A. Giménez (FL-28), and Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) sent a letter to President Donald J. Trump asking that his administration consider indicting Raul Castro for his involvement in the 1996 shootdown of the Brothers to the Rescue civilian aircraft which resulted in four murders in cold blood.

February 11, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), Vice Chair of the House Appropriations Committee and Chairman of the National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Subcommittee (NSRP), along with Representatives Carlos A. Giménez (FL-28) and María Elvira Salazar (FL-27) sent a letter to the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) at the U.S. Department of Treasury and the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) at the U.S. Department of Commerce demanding a full review and immediate action to deny any licenses that allow U.S.

February 4, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), Vice Chair of the House Committee on Appropriations and Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs (NSRP), celebrated the final passage of his Fiscal Year 2026 National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Act, which was passed as part of the

January 28, 2026

MIAMI, FL - Tomorrow, Thursday, January 29, 2026, Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), Congressman Carlos A. Gimenez (FL-28), and The Assembly of the Cuban Resistance will be holding a press conference with Cuban-American exile organizations, local elected officials, and community leaders regarding actions being taken against the brutal dictatorship in Cuba.

Event Details:

WHO:

January 20, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Representatives Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26) and Carlos A. Giménez (FL-28) met with María Corina Machado, where they reaffirmed unwavering support and solidarity with the cause of freedom in Venezuela, María Corina Machado, and President-elect Edmundo González Urrutia as the duly-elected representatives of the people.

January 14, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), Vice Chair of the House Committee on Appropriations and Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs (NSRP), celebrated the House passage of his Fiscal Year 2026 National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Act, which was passed a key component of a legislative minibus that also included the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act.

December 10, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26) co-authored an op-ed alongside Markus Wiechel, a member of the Swedish Parliament, on the Cuban regime's long history of supporting terrorist groups and adversaries, including its active role today in one of the most urgent security threats: Russia's war against Ukraine.

November 25, 2025

MIAMI, FL –  El legislador Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL-26), presidente de la Subcomisión que determina los fondos para la política exterior de EE.UU. de la Comision de Asignaciones de la Cámara de Representantes y una de las voces principales de la política exterior de nuestra nación, anunció que él, junto con los legisladores Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25), María Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27), Carlos A.