Rubio doubtful of diplomacy with Cuba as Trump renews threat of military action
by Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#75SY1)
US secretary of state says president would like a negotiated agreement with Havana but likelihood is not high'
The US president, Donald Trump, and the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, on Thursday again raised the spectre of military intervention in Cuba, a renewed threat that takes on greater weight a day after the administration announced criminal charges against Raul Castro, the island's former leader.
Other presidents have looked at this for 50, 60 years, doing something," Trump told reporters when asked about Cuba during an event in the Oval Office. And it looks like I'll be the one that does it. So I would be happy to do it."
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