Cuba Falling: Desperate Times Call for Desperately Attacking Rubio

In this PJ Media article, Sarah Anderson argues that Cuba’s communist regime is lashing out at Secretary of State Marco Rubio because its grip on power is weakening and U.S. pressure is intensifying.

• Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez appeared on Fox News and accused Rubio of misleading the United States, Congress, and the international community.
• Anderson frames the attack on Rubio as part of a broader pattern in which leftist Latin American regimes target him because he has long opposed communist and authoritarian governments in the region.
• Rodríguez revived the claim that Rubio’s stance toward Cuba is driven by a “personal vendetta,” but the article argues Rubio is acting on behalf of Cubans harmed by the regime.
• The piece notes recent charges against Raúl Castro connected to the 1996 Brothers to the Rescue shootdown, which killed three Americans and one U.S. permanent resident.
• Rubio said during a Cabinet meeting that the United States wants “something good for the Cuban people” and views a failed state 90 miles from American shores as a national security threat.
• Anderson cites a Politico report claiming the Pentagon has positioned military assets that could support action against Cuba, while cautioning that much of the report relies on anonymous sourcing.
• The article describes Cuba’s humanitarian crisis as worsening, with crumbling infrastructure, power outages, and signs of public desperation.
• CARICOM has expressed concern about Cuba’s humanitarian crisis and warned against destabilizing military action, though Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago reportedly declined to condemn the United States.
• Anderson also highlights recent Trump administration actions against individuals tied to Cuba’s regime, including the reported detention and pending deportation of Alina Rosales Aguirreurreta after Rubio said she had overstayed her welcome.

Read the full story: https://pjmedia.com/sarah-anderson/2026/05/28/cuba-falling-desperate-times-call-for-desperately-attacking-rubio-n4953277