The U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, launched a strong attack this Friday against the government of Cuba, which he labeled as "terrorist" and "incompetent," accusing it of having "destroyed" the island during more than 65 years in power.
According to statements made at a press conference in Washington, reported by the EFE agency, Rubio made these comments in response to a question about whether the U.S. government would want a change of government in Cuba.
In his response, he stated that this aspiration would not be exclusive to the current administration of President Donald Trump, but rather a stance that, in his opinion, could be shared by "any administration."
"I believe that any administration would like to see a different situation," he said, before insisting that, beyond ideology, the problem would be the “incompetence” of the Cuban government.
In his remarks, the head of U.S. diplomacy stated: “It was a disaster. It is a disaster. It's not just because they are Marxists and terrorists. They are incompetent. They are incompetent people who destroyed that country,” EFE reports.
Rubio, a politician of Cuban descent and a key figure in Trump's cabinet, hails from Florida, the state with the largest community of Cuban exiles.
Recently, the Secretary of State considered that weakening Nicolás Maduro's government in Venezuela could be the decisive blow against the Cuban communist regime, as revealed by an extensive report from The New York Times.
Rubio, the son of Cuban emigrants who settled in Florida before the triumph of the 1959 revolution, has made the relationship between Caracas and Havana the central focus of his policy toward Latin America.
His theory, presented both publicly and privately, argues that cutting off economic and intelligence support from Venezuela to Cuba would lead to a political collapse on the island.
In previous interviews, Rubio has been clear: “Anything that is bad for a communist dictatorship is something I support.”
According to former advisors cited by the newspaper, the former senator from Florida, who has built his career on growing support from the Cuban exiled community, constantly spoke in the Senate and with diplomats about the need to isolate the regime in Havana and to break its alliance with Caracas.
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