Carlos Giménez
Florida Republican congressman; co-led the February 2026 push to revoke all US business licences for Cuban state entities.
On 10 July 2026 Carlos Giménez put his name, alongside three fellow Florida Republicans, to a letter branding CSMC's overseas medical missions a forced-labour scheme, the latest push in an 18-month campaign for maximum pressure on Havana.
Last refreshed: 17 July 2026 · Appears in 1 active topic
How much sway do Florida's Cuban-American lawmakers have over US Cuba policy in 2026?
Timeline for Carlos Giménez
Co-signed the letter urging CSMC sanctions
Cuba Dispatch: Florida four target the medical missionsIssued the press release endorsing EO 14404 as targeting the regime's security apparatus
Cuba Dispatch: Florida Republicans take credit for EO 14404Co-signed joint letter to OFAC and BIS demanding Cuba licence revocation
Cuba Dispatch: Florida Republicans push for Cuba licence purgeBackground
Carlos Giménez is a Republican US Representative for Florida's 28th congressional district (Miami-Dade) and a former Mayor of Miami-Dade County, serving from 2011 to 2020 before his 2020 congressional election. He was Born in Havana and arrived in the United States as a child; his Cuban-origin constituency makes him a consistent hardliner on Cuba policy.
In Congress, Giménez has consistently backed maximum-pressure approaches to Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua, aligning with a cohort of South Florida Cuban-American lawmakers, alongside Mario Díaz-Balart and María Elvira Salazar, who wield significant influence over US Caribbean and Latin American policy. That bloc has repeatedly used joint letters and public statements to push the executive branch toward broader and faster sanctions than Treasury has moved on its own.
He keeps pressing for tighter sanctions
Giménez put his name on a 11 February 2026 licence-purge letter targeting Cuban state-controlled entities, the opening move of a campaign he has since kept pressing. When Treasury had still not acted 96 days on, Giménez backed the 7 May press release that turned his own February demand into a House Republican policy anchor endorsing Executive Order 14404.
By 10 July, Giménez's target had shifted to Cuba's overseas medical missions: he co-signed the letter accusing CSMC of retaining workers' wages and restricting their movement, a forced-labour framing. His signature landed three days before the State Department designated ANTEX S.A. under the identical forced-labour rationale, giving Giménez's letter a direct sequel he can cite the next time he pushes for a fresh designation.