"Rubio stated, 'Their system doesn't work, their system of economics... It's completely dysfunctional. It's just not a real system, and you can't change it unless you change the government.'"
"'We've done nothing punitive against the Cuban regime. They claim we have, but we haven't. The only thing that's changed for the Cuban regime is they're not getting free Venezuelan oil anymore,' Rubio explained."
"'If a country wants to send some oil into Cuba right now, I have no problem, whether it's Russia... Cuba's next, by the way, but pretend I didn't say that, please,' Trump remarked."
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that the United States has not imposed punitive measures against Cuba regarding its fuel crisis. He emphasized that the humanitarian situation in Cuba existed prior to recent US actions. Rubio criticized the Cuban economic system as dysfunctional and asserted that the lack of Venezuelan oil subsidies is the primary change affecting Cuba. He noted that the US has pressured Venezuela to stop oil shipments to Cuba, but maintained that the US role has not been punitive.
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