Rubio warns Cuba after US indicts former leader
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has issued a warning to Cuba following the U.S. indictment of former president Raul Castro. He emphasized that the U.S. is focused on changing the communist regime in Cuba, which he described as a 'failed state' amid its ongoing economic crisis. The Cuban government has called for protests against the indictment, while tensions between the U.S. and Cuba continue to escalate.
- ▪Marco Rubio warned Cuba that the U.S. is focused on changing its communist system.
- ▪The U.S. military has deployed the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier to the Caribbean amid rising tensions.
- ▪Cuba has called for protests against the indictment of Raul Castro, which they view as a political attack.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to the press before boarding his plane at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Thursday. Rubio is traveling to a NATO foreign ministers meeting in Sweden. Reuters-YonhapMIAMI — Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Cuba on Thursday that the United States was laser-focused on changing the communist system, after the island was stunned by a U.S. indictment of its former president Raul Castro.The U.S. military announced that the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier and its escort warships had entered the Caribbean, although President Donald Trump, asked if the deployment was meant to intimidate Cuba, said, "No, not at all."Rubio, a Cuban-American and vociferous opponent of Havana's government, described the island 90 miles (145 kilometers) from the U.S.
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