For more than six decades, U.S. imperialism has tried to crush the Cuban Revolution through blockade, sanctions, sabotage, subversion and economic strangulation. Washington has never forgiven Cuba for breaking with U.S. domination and choosing socialism.
A particularly reactionary layer of Cuban-American politicians — the political descendants of Miami’s gusano counterrevolution — has made this aggression a career.
From Washington’s corridors of power, they demand harsher sanctions, deeper isolation and the overthrow of the socialist system, while cynically claiming to speak in the name of the Cuban people. Their “love” for Cuba means blockade. Their “solidarity” means sanctions. Their “democracy” means returning the island to U.S. capital and imperialist control.
These are the most prominent enemies of the Cuban Revolution and reliable servants of U.S. imperialism:
Marco Rubio — Secretary of State
Perhaps the most powerful enemy of socialist Cuba in Washington today. Rubio has carried his lifelong anti-communism directly into the State Department and uses one of the central institutions of U.S. imperialism to tighten the screws on Havana. For him, no measure against Cuba is harsh enough as long as the Revolution survives.
Ted Cruz — U.S. Senator from Texas
A rabid anti-communist who has consistently opposed any normalization of relations with Cuba. Cruz attacks even modest easing of sanctions as “appeasement” and demands the continuation of economic warfare until the socialist system is overturned. His political line is simple: Cuba must submit or be punished.
Mario Díaz-Balart — U.S. Representative from Florida
One of the oldest political representatives of Miami’s counterrevolutionary establishment. Díaz-Balart has spent years fighting for funds for Radio and TV Martí, anti-Cuban “democracy programs,” sanctions and every mechanism available to undermine the Revolution. In September 2026 he was still publicly celebrating congressional condemnation of socialism, explicitly invoking Cuba as one of his targets.
María Elvira Salazar — U.S. Representative from Florida
A loudspeaker of the Miami counterrevolution in Congress. Salazar repeatedly demands tighter sanctions and greater economic isolation of the island, and in February 2026 joined Díaz-Balart and Giménez in demanding that U.S. authorities revoke licenses allowing American companies to conduct business with Cuba.
Carlos A. Giménez — U.S. Representative from Florida
One of the most openly vindictive enemies of the Cuban Revolution. Giménez has demanded that Washington “cut off” Cuba’s financial lifelines, pressured airlines to end flights to the island and openly celebrated policies aimed at bringing about the collapse of the Communist government. His own office declared in 2026 that U.S. measures had brought Washington “closer than ever” to that objective.
Nicole Malliotakis — U.S. Representative from New York
Another dependable member of Washington’s anti-Cuba front. Malliotakis has embraced punitive measures against the Cuban leadership and applauded the 2026 U.S. indictment of Raúl Castro, repeating the standard rhetoric used for decades to legitimize imperialist aggression against the island.
Dishonorable Mentions: Retired Veterans of the Anti-Cuba Crusade
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen — Former Republican congresswoman from Florida (1989–2019) and for decades one of Washington’s most persistent enemies of the Cuban Revolution. A reliable defender of the blockade and of every attempt to isolate and undermine socialist Cuba.
Lincoln Díaz-Balart — Former Republican congressman from Florida (1993–2011), born in Havana and one of the most fanatical congressional advocates of sanctions against Cuba. He once declared: “I’m friends with anyone who’s fighting Castro because that’s the supreme cause.” He also helped entrench the U.S. embargo into law.
Bob Menendez — Former Democratic senator from New Jersey (2006–2024), son of Cuban immigrants and a leading anti-Cuba hawk for years. His party label differed from the Miami Republicans, but on Cuba he repeatedly defended sanctions and confrontation with Havana.
Mel Martínez — Cuban-born former Republican senator from Florida (2005–2009), another representative of the exile political establishment that treated hostility to the Revolution as a basic qualification for office.
Let the gusanos and their masters bark from Washington & Miami. The Revolution was not made to please the empire, but to defeat it — and Cuba will never again belong to those who sold it.
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