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

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. “In solidarity with the Cuban people and the island’s political prisoners, the United States is designating key regime leaders under Section 7031(c) for their involvement in gross violations of human rights,” the secretary of state said in a statement issued on July 11....