US Restricts Visas for Cuban Leader, Immediate Family on 4th Anniversary of 11J

US Restricts Visas for Cuban Leader, Immediate Family on 4th Anniversary of 11J
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel attends a plenary session of the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 7, 2025. Mauro Pimentel/AFP via Getty Images
Alicia Márquez
Alicia Márquez
Breaking News Reporter
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio restricted visas for Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez and his immediate family on Friday, the fourth anniversary of the July 11, 2021, protests on the island in which Cubans called for freedom for their people from communist rule.
Referred to by Cubans as “11J,” the day was the largest mass protest Cuba had seen since the communists took power in 1959.