Los Angeles .- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said this Saturday that President Donald Trump’s administration “will continue to use” all tools at its disposal to address the security threats posed by the regime in Cuba, as well as to promote economic and political reforms.
“Cuba’s leaders must simply choose to commit to real reforms, peace, and prosperity, before it is too late,” the secretary stressed in a statement.
Rubio made the statements regarding the fifth anniversary of the mass protests of July 11, 2021, in which thousands of Cubans took to the streets to protest against shortages and the lack of freedoms.
The secretary condemned that five years after the social outbreak, hundreds of Cubans remain “unjustly” detained and reiterated the call for “the immediate release of these and all political prisoners in Cuba.”
He also lashed out again at the island’s regime leaders, whom he accused, without presenting evidence, of stealing and hiding abroad the few resources the island has left.
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However, Rubio said this Saturday that President Donald Trump’s administration has offered Cuba aid, reconstruction assistance, and “the promise of a new relationship between our two countries,” provided that the regime agrees to implement political and economic reforms that give the country an opportunity for prosperity.
