Tag: cubapolicy

US Politics

The Dangerous Casualness of Trump's Cuba Remarks: Why Foreign Policy Deserves Serious Consideration

President Trump suggested he and Secretary of State Marco Rubio plan to focus on Cuba next but want to wait a couple of weeks, claiming Cuba's communist government wants to make a deal badly. This reckless approach to foreign policy with a repressive regime threatens to undermine decades of principled stance against communist oppression and could embolden authoritarianism in our hemisphere.

US Politics

The Rubio Doctrine on Cuba: A Test of Principles in American Foreign Policy

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is ramping up diplomatic and economic pressure on Cuba, aiming to end the Castro regime, a goal he has long championed. This aggressive foreign policy approach, while rooted in a just cause for freedom, risks undermining our own democratic principles by prioritizing regime change over the nuanced, institution-building diplomacy that safeguards liberty and human dignity for all Cubans.