"No escape:" Inside Rubio's Cuba pressure campaign
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is waging an unprecedented economic war on Cuba — and wants to make sure the island's communist leaders know it's going to get worse."What we're trying to teach them is, there are no escape valves," Rubio told Axios.Why it matters: Cuba's economy is in a state of slow-motion collapse because of crushing U.S. sanctions and communist mismanagement of the island, which prides itself as the hemisphere's chief foe of the superpower 90 miles to its north.President Trump hasn't ruled out military action.Zoom in: Since last year, the Trump administration has taken two dozen separate actions to pressure Cuba.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio is waging an unprecedented economic war on Cuba — and wants to make sure the island's communist leaders know it's going to get worse."What we're trying to teach them is, there are no escape valves," Rubio told Axios.Why it matters: Cuba's economy is in a state of slow-motion collapse because of crushing U.S. sanctions and communist mismanagement of the island, which prides itself as the hemisphere's chief foe of the superpower 90 miles to its north.President Trump hasn't ruled out military action.Zoom in: Since last year, the Trump administration has taken two dozen separate actions to pressure Cuba. The quantity and extent of the penalties are unique: Sanctioning 40 entities, from foreign companies operating on the island to Cuba's state-run fuel, banking and mining conglomerates.Targeting at least 38 people with economic sanctions, U.S. visa limitations and residency revocations.Pressuring other countries to stop supporting Cuba's doctor-export program, which the State Department calls "human trafficking."Issuing reports attacking Cuba over its human rights record, its failure to fight terrorism and its role in amplifying and assisting anti-capitalist and anti-U.S.
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- Secretary of State Marco Rubio is waging an unprecedented economic war on Cuba — and wants to make sure the island's communist leaders know it's going to get worse."What we're trying to teach them is, there are no escape valves," Rubio told Axios.Why it matters: Cuba's economy is in a state of slow-motion collapse because of crushing U.S. sanctions and communist mismanagement of the island, which prides itself as the hemisphere's chief foe of the superpower 90 miles to its north.President Trump hasn't ruled out military action.Zoom in: Since last year, the Trump administration has taken two dozen separate actions to pressure Cuba.
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