"Zoom in: Rubio and his team see the 41-year-old grandson and his circle as representing younger, business-minded Cubans for whom revolutionary communism has failed - and who see value in rapprochement with the U.S. "Our position - the U.S. government's position - is the regime has to go," the senior official said. "But what exactly that looks like is up to [President Trump] and he has yet to decide. Rubio is still in talks with the grandson.""
"Called "Raulito," the younger Castro is known in political circles by his nickname "El Cangrejo" ("The Crab") because he has a deformed finger. Zoom out: After 67 years of U.S. sanctions and Cuban mismanagement, the totalitarian government appears closer than ever to collapse as the island teeters on the edge of a humanitarian crisis. The power grid is failing. Hospitals are limiting surgeries. Food and fuel are increasingly scarce. Tourism is drying up. Uncollected garbage is piling up on some street corners."
Senator Marco Rubio and his team are engaging a 41-year-old Castro grandson and his circle, viewing them as younger, business-minded Cubans disillusioned with revolutionary communism and open to rapprochement with the U.S. A senior U.S. official stated the U.S. position is that the Cuban regime must go, but final U.S. decisions remain with the president. Cuba faces a deepening humanitarian crisis: failing power grids, restricted surgeries, scarce food and fuel, collapsing tourism, and uncollected garbage. Troubles intensified after the U.S. operation that seized Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro and after threats of sanctions against other oil suppliers, weakening Cuba's energy supply.
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