Miami-Dade Official Vows to Crack Down on Cuba Sanctions Evaders
Dariel Fernandez, Miami-Dade County’s tax collector, said Sept. 1 that he plans to shut down businesses that illegally engage in commerce with Cuba.
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In a statement, Fernandez said he will target entities that do business with the heavily sanctioned country but lack a license from the Office of Foreign Assets Control to do so or had such a license revoked or suspended.
“Miami-Dade County will no longer be a safe haven for accomplices of the murderous communist socialist regime,” said Fernandez, who took office in January. “Any business or individual that dares to collaborate with or contribute to the maintenance of that dictatorship will pay the consequences.”
U.S. Rep. Maria Salazar, R-Fla., who shared Fernandez's statement on X, urged the Trump administration last month to investigate allegations that a “number” of new companies in South Florida were trying to evade U.S. sanctions on Cuba (see 2508270025).