<p>US secretary of state makes comments after Trump tells US rally warships could intervene on return from Iran</p><p>Marco Rubio urged Cubans seeking political change in their country to act, saying “now is the time” moments after Donald Trump told a Friday rally for candidates in south Florida that US warships could intervene in Cuba on their way back from the Iran war.</p><p>The US secretary of state, in his <a href="https://x.com/SecRubio/status/2113731069518434519">social media post</a> addressed “to those who seek to create positive change”, urged Cubans to capitalize on Trump’s plans. “The disappointment of failed promises, corruption, and the privileged lives of only a few; seize this opportunity to create the change you desire through a discrete [sic] partnership with the CIA,” Rubio said.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/23/marco-rubio-cuba-trump">Continue reading...</a>
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Rubio tells Cubans ‘now is the time’ to act to see political change
<p>US secretary of state makes comments after Trump tells US rally warships could intervene on return from Iran</p><p>Marco Rubio urged Cubans seeking political change in their country to act, saying “now is the time” moments after Donald Trump told a Friday rally for candidates in south Florida that US warships could intervene in Cuba on their way back from the Iran war.</p><p>The US secretary of state, in his <a href="https://x.com/SecRubio/status/2113731069518434519">social media post</a> addressed “to those who seek to create positive change”, urged Cubans to capitalize on Trump’s plans. “The disappointment of failed promises, corruption, and the privileged lives of only a few; seize this opportunity to create the change you desire through a discrete [sic] partnership with the CIA,” Rubio said.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/23/marco-rubio-cuba-trump">Continue reading...</a>