Rubio says Cuba needs to get new people in charge' as US ratchets pressure

"Rubio said that Cuba's decision announced this week to let citizens living in exile invest and own businesses in the country did not go far enough. What they announced yesterday is not dramatic enough. It's not going to fix it. So they've got some big decisions to make, he said."

"The threat of sanctions against any country that delivers fuel to the island has worsened a years-long economic crisis and stoked humanitarian fallout. Rubio said that Cuba's decision announced this week to let citizens living in exile invest and own businesses in the country did not go far enough."

"Rubio further said Cuba has survived on subsidies since the Cuban revolution in the 1950s, adding the people in charge, they don't know how to fix it. So they have to get new people in charge, he said."

The Trump administration, led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, continues escalating pressure on Cuba through fuel embargoes and sanctions threats against countries providing fuel to the island. Rubio stated Cuba's economy and political system are broken and require new leadership, dismissing recent Cuban reforms allowing exiled citizens to invest as insufficient. Trump indicated imminent unspecified action against Cuba, referencing previous comments about a potential takeover. The US fuel embargo, imposed following Nicolas Maduro's abduction, has worsened Cuba's economic crisis and humanitarian situation. Despite recent US-Cuba talks aimed at ending the pressure campaign, reports indicate the Trump administration is demanding President Miguel Diaz-Canel's resignation. Cuba faces compounding crises including widespread blackouts and economic collapse stemming from decades-long US trade embargoes.

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