U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has acknowledged what U.S. policy toward Cuba has required for decades: the embargo will not be lifted without regime change. Speaking during a Senate Foreign Re...

[from the news/video collective Belly Of The Beast]

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has acknowledged what U.S. policy toward Cuba has required for decades: the embargo will not be lifted without regime change.

Speaking during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on U.S. policy toward Venezuela, Rubio went further than past administrations, stating plainly that the United States would “love to see” a change of government in Cuba and that such an outcome would benefit U.S. interests.

Pressed by Senator Brian Schatz, Rubio clarified that this is not just rhetorical preference. The U.S. embargo, he said, is codified in law under the Helms-Burton Act and explicitly conditions its removal on political change in Havana.

The exchange strips away years of ambiguity surrounding U.S.-Cuba policy. It confirms that sanctions are not tied to specific reforms or negotiations, but to a long-standing strategy of pressure and coercion aimed at reshaping Cuba’s political system.

    • DoctimusLime@lemmygrad.ml
      1·
      27 days ago

      The only way to end the tyranny is to take down the American nazis. End trump, end the billionaires also. Bunch of psycho nazis.

  • Weydemeyer@lemmy.ml
    5·
    28 days ago

    Cuba’s government is elected by the people. Their elections are objectively more democratic than what the US has. If every member of the current government stepped down and new elections were held, more or less the same people would be elected. The Cuban people proudly support socialism and anti-imperialism, and any fair election will reflect that (which is why Cuba has the government it has).

    But I suspect Rubio et al already know that. When he says he wants “regime change”, what he means is he wants the current elected, democratic government to step down and in it’s place, Rubio will act as viceroy and for the country to operate as an undemocratic colony of the US.