{"id":524346,"date":"2026-09-29T10:18:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T14:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/marco-rubio-insists-that-cuba-is-a-failed-state-and-a-threat-to-the-u-s\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T10:18:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T14:18:30","slug":"marco-rubio-insists-that-cuba-is-a-failed-state-and-a-threat-to-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/marco-rubio-insists-that-cuba-is-a-failed-state-and-a-threat-to-the-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Marco Rubio insists that Cuba is a &#8220;failed state&#8221; and a threat to the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Washington.- <\/strong>U.S.<strong> Secretary of State Marco Rubio<\/strong> insisted this Monday that <strong>Cuba is a &#8220;failed state&#8221;<\/strong> and warned that the administration of U.S. President <a href=\"https:\/\/trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov\/people\/donald-j-trump\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov\/people\/donald-j-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> will not allow the island to become a base of operations against the country&#8217;s national security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;As long as Trump is president, we will never allow Cuba to become a base of operations against the United States,&#8221; Rubio stated during an interview with the Fox News network.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/OBJ_20260823T010148S0006I_1_1_1_41_7_8.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-717418\" style=\"width:605px;height:auto\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Marco Rubio on the situation in Cuba<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The secretary maintained that the situation on the island represents a threat to Washington, using for at least the third time this year the term &#8220;failed state&#8221; to refer to Cuba and linked it then to U.S. national security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You might be interested in: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/internacionales\/trump-11\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/internacionales\/trump-11\/\">Trump believes there will be an agreement with Cuba and a military intervention will not be &#8220;necessary&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president, however, said on September 26 that he is confident in reaching an agreement with Havana and that a military operation will likely not be necessary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington.- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted this Monday that Cuba is a &#8220;failed state&#8221; 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