Rubio calls for new leadership in Cuba after nationwide blackout

US President Donald Trump said last week that Cuba is in “deep trouble” and that the United States may or may not be a part of a “friendly takeover” of the country. “They’re down to, as they say, fumes,” he said.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio echoed those comments on Tuesday, saying Cuba needs new leadership. “So they’re in a lot of trouble, and the people in charge, they don’t know how to fix it, so they have to get new people in charge,” he said at the Oval Office. Rubio had been asked if he supported easing a trade embargo against Cuba, which he declined to specifically discuss. “Suffice it to say that the embargo is tied to political change on the island. The law – the embargo’s codified, but the bottom line is, their economy doesn’t work.”

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