Miami-Dade revokes licenses of firms accused of Cuba rule violations

Miami-Dade shut down the county business receipts of firms accused of violating Cuba-related rules, hitting travel, shipping, and logistics operators that had already been warned for months. Dariel Fernández said Managua Travel Agency Inc., doing business as Cuba Travel & Services, lost its Local Business Tax Receipts along with R & R Logistics Customer Freight Solutions, and that the affected firms could not legally operate in Miami-Dade County.

The county said the revocations rested on Section 205.0532 of the Florida Statutes and Section A-175.1 of the Miami-Dade County Code, which the tax collector’s office said allow local action against businesses doing commerce with Cuba in violation of federal law. Fernández said the receipts were revoked in December after the companies failed to respond to multiple lawful requests for information. The office also warned that any continued operation without a valid receipt could bring fines and other legal consequences.

The enforcement list reached far beyond those two names. Miami-Dade said revocations also covered Havana Sky Travel Inc., AMZ Immigration and Multi-Services Corp., Global Cargo Corp, Globi Multiservices Inc. doing business as Globi Envios, BM Envios Cargo Corp, Leafy Holidays Inc., JM Services LLC, Yumury Envios & Travel LLC, Lucero Services Corp, OMD Multiservices LLC doing business as Martinair Travel, JC Montoya Services Inc., Latin Logistics LLC doing business as Avianca Express, Capote Express Inc., Pocho Express LLC, Xcellence Travel Inc., Via Blanca Multiservice Inc., Tu Cuba Multiservices Corp. and Xael Charters Inc. The county said some firms had multiple locations, including the Cuba Travel & Services offices in Hialeah, Homestead and Miami.

The crackdown followed a paper trail that started months earlier. On October 28, 2025, the county mailed 75 letters to businesses suspected of engaging in commerce with the Cuban government. Fernández said 48 of those companies answered with documentation or showed they were not doing business with Cuba. A second notice went out on November 25, 2025 by certified mail, return receipt requested, before the revocations took effect.

The move also shows how aggressively South Florida officials have pushed the Cuba issue into local business regulation. Fernández said his office issued 3,909 additional compliance notices on February 26. Earlier that month, Carlos A. Gimenez joined other South Florida leaders at PortMiami to demand federal review of all licenses for companies doing business in Cuba, while Miami approved a task force in January to examine local businesses for possible ties to the Cuban government after Hialeah created its own Cuba Business Advisory Task Force. For customers, workers and owners in the exile economy, the message is now blunt: the gray zone is closing fast.