/tags/marco-rubio Marco Rubio en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Tue, 26 May 2026 17:13:00 GMT /americas/2026-05-26/are-cubas-22-hour-blackouts-and-a-us-oil-blockade-unrelated-as-marco-rubio-said Blackouts in Cuba have been common for years because the Cuba government has mismanaged and neglected its energy system, historians and foreign policy experts said. Tue, 26 May 2026 17:13:00 GMT /americas/2026-05-26/are-cubas-22-hour-blackouts-and-a-us-oil-blockade-unrelated-as-marco-rubio-said Maria Briceño | PolitiFact, Samantha Putterman | PolitiFact /americas/2026-05-22/rubio-doubtful-of-diplomacy-with-cuba-as-trump-raises-new-threat-of-military-action President Trump and America's top diplomat on Thursday again raised the specter of U.S. military intervention in Cuba, a day after the administration announced criminal charges against the island's former leader, Raúl Castro. Fri, 22 May 2026 05:23:02 GMT /americas/2026-05-22/rubio-doubtful-of-diplomacy-with-cuba-as-trump-raises-new-threat-of-military-action The Associated Press /americas/2026-03-17/rubio-calls-for-new-cuban-leaders-as-latest-blackout-underscores-deepening-economic-crisis U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is calling for "new people in charge" of Cuba as the socialist island experiences its third nationwide blackout in four months. U.S. President Donald Trump has called Cuba a "very weakened nation." Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:24:27 GMT /americas/2026-03-17/rubio-calls-for-new-cuban-leaders-as-latest-blackout-underscores-deepening-economic-crisis Milexsy Durán | Associated Press /americas/2026-02-27/deadly-shooting-in-cuban-waters-highlights-obsessions-with-counter-revolution-as-us-pressure-mounts Word from the Cuban government of a deadly encounter between its troops and a boat carrying armed expatriates is casting a spotlight on Cubans living in the U.S. who still harbor aspirations of a counter-revolution 67 years after a guerrilla uprising ushered in communism. Fri, 27 Feb 2026 20:10:38 GMT /americas/2026-02-27/deadly-shooting-in-cuban-waters-highlights-obsessions-with-counter-revolution-as-us-pressure-mounts Danica Coto and Joshua Goodman | Associated Press /americas/2026-02-25/cuba-accuses-men-on-florida-registered-speed-boat-of-acts-of-terrorism-after-deadly-gun-battle Cuba’s government said late Wednesday that the 10 passengers on a boat that opened fire on its soldiers were armed Cubans living in the U.S. who were trying to infiltrate the island and unleash terrorism. U.S. officials said they are reviewing the incident. Thu, 26 Feb 2026 03:12:05 GMT /americas/2026-02-25/cuba-accuses-men-on-florida-registered-speed-boat-of-acts-of-terrorism-after-deadly-gun-battle Andrea Rodriguez, Matthew Lee and Danica Coto | Associated Press /americas/2026-02-24/rubio-heads-to-caribbean-to-reassert-us-interests-after-venezuela-strikes-and-iran-threats Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to the Caribbean country of St. Kitts and Nevis this week to reassert the Trump administration's interests in the Western Hemisphere just a month after the U.S. military operation that removed then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from power. Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:44:50 GMT /americas/2026-02-24/rubio-heads-to-caribbean-to-reassert-us-interests-after-venezuela-strikes-and-iran-threats Matthew Lee | Associated Press /americas/2026-01-28/marco-rubio-tells-senators-venezuela-transition-wont-be-fast-or-easy At his first Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing since U.S. forces seized Nicolás Maduro, Secretary of State Marco Rubio warns the U.S. could still use force to pressure Venezuela's government. Wed, 28 Jan 2026 19:19:00 GMT /americas/2026-01-28/marco-rubio-tells-senators-venezuela-transition-wont-be-fast-or-easy Michele Kelemen /immigration/2026-01-09/venezuelan-tps-maduro-deportation-democrats Dozens of Democratic House members, including all eight Florida Democrats, are asking the Trump administration to restore Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan immigrants in the wake of last Saturday’s U.S. military strikes on the country. Fri, 09 Jan 2026 21:32:48 GMT /immigration/2026-01-09/venezuelan-tps-maduro-deportation-democrats Sergio R. Bustos /national-politics/2026-01-07/rubio-and-hegseth-brief-lawmakers-on-threefold-process-for-venezuela Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth briefed lawmakers Wednesday on a threefold process for Venezuela's future. Wed, 07 Jan 2026 18:11:19 GMT /national-politics/2026-01-07/rubio-and-hegseth-brief-lawmakers-on-threefold-process-for-venezuela Barbara Sprunt /americas/2025-10-13/cuba-jose-daniel-ferrer-free-exile-miami José Daniel Ferrer is founder of the dissident Patriotic Union of Cuba, or UNPACU. He was arrested during the historic mass protests against the regime in July of 2021, and he’d since been in prison in Santiago. Mon, 13 Oct 2025 19:09:12 GMT /americas/2025-10-13/cuba-jose-daniel-ferrer-free-exile-miami Tim Padgett, Valentina Sandoval