U.S. Warns Cuba Regime To Stop 'Sending Individuals To Interfere With The Work' Of a Top Official After Street Incident

The U.S. warned the Cuban regime to "immediately stop its repressive acts of sending individuals to interfere with the diplomatic work" of the country's top official in the island following a street incident.

The episode in question took place in Camagüey, where Charge DÁffairs Michael Hammer was met by several protestors.

In a social media publication, the Bureau of Western Affairs said its diplomats "will continue to meet with the Cuban people despite the regime's failed intimidation tactics.

The illegitimate Cuban regime must immediately stop its repressive acts of sending individuals to interfere with the diplomatic work of CDA Hammer and members of the @USembcuba team. Our diplomats will continue to meet with the Cuban people despite the regime’s failed…

— Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (@WHAAsstSecty) February 1, 2026

Republican Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar also reacted to the incident, saying she stands with Hammer after "the cowardly mob ambush ordered by the Cuban dictatorship."

"These so-called "acts of repudiation" are state-directed political attacks carried out by the regime's repressive machinery. A dictatorship that needs mobs to survive is a dictatorship in its final phase. The United States will not allow state-sponsored terror against a U.S. diplomat to be normalized. They are playing with fire," she added.

The incident took place as tensions between Washington and Havana run high, especially after an executive order signed by Trump imposing tariffs on goods from countries selling or providing oil to the beleaguered Caribbean country.

The Havana regime slammed the move, calling it a "brutal act of aggression." In a social media publication, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said Havana "condemns in the strongest terms the U.S.'s new escalation."

"Now it is seeking to impose a total blockade to our country's fuel supplies," Rodriguez added. "The U.S. is also resorting to blackmail and coercion to try to get other countries to join its universally condemned blockade of Cuba and, should they refuse, are threatened with arbitrary and abusive tariffs that violate all free trade rules," he added.

Trump said his administration is having conversations with Cuban officials and a "deal" will probably be reached.

"I think they'll probably come to us and want to make a deal. So Cuba will be free again. They'll come to us and make a deal. Cuba really has a problem. I know a lot of people from Cuba. We have a lot of people in the U.S. right now who would like to go back to Cuba. We'd like to work that out," Trump told press aboard Air Force One.

A report from the Financial Times this week claimed that the country has less than a month worth of oil at current levels of demand and domestic production.

Citing data company Kpler, the outlet noted that the country has oil to last 15 to 20 days unless deliveries resume. "They have a major crisis on their hands" Jorge Piñon, an oil expert at the University of Texas told the outlet.

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