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Rubio doubtful of diplomacy with Cuba as Trump raises new threat of military action

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends at a press conference at the US Embassy in Rome, Friday, May 8, 2026.

President Donald 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.

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