U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday appealed to the Cuban people to reject the country’s communist leadership as the former head of the country, Raul Castro, was indicted in the United States.
In a video message in Spanish, Rubio made a plea to the Cuban people through the Department of State’s social media channels that the United States isn’t responsible for recent electrical blackouts across the country and called on Cubans to create “a new Cuba” without the communist party.
“The reason you are forced to survive 22 hours a day without electricity is not due to an oil ‘blockade’ by the U.S.,” he said. “As you know, better than anyone, you have been suffering from blackouts for years. The real reason you don’t have electricity, fuel, or food is because those who control your country have plundered billions of dollars, but nothing has been used to help the people.”…
Rubio Calls on Cubans to Reject Communist Leadership
