The press conference, which lasted approximately an hour, gave the state secretary a chance to speak at length about issues that have fallen away from the international spotlight.
Cuba’s ‘incompetent communists’
Rubio, the son of two Cuban immigrants, offered a vicious appraisal of the island nation’s future when asked about the “oil blockade” on Cuba.
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He denied the idea of a formal blockade, claiming instead that Venezuela is “not giving [Cuba] free oil anymore.” He shifted the blame instead to deeper problems in how the island is governed.
Sec. Marco Rubio on Cuba: “Their economic model doesn’t work, and the people in charge can’t fix it, and the reason they can’t fix is not just because they’re communists—that’s bad enough. But they’re incompetent communists. The only thing worse than a communist is an incompetent… pic.twitter.com/plXVDG3Pno
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) May 5, 2026
“Their economic model doesn’t work, and the people
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