Rubio calls on Cubans to partner with CIA ‘to create positive change’

Washington has raised pressure on Havana after the capture of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

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Washington has increased pressure on Havana following the US military’s capture of Venezuelan then-President Nicolas Maduro earlier this year.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called on Cubans seeking political change to partner with the CIA, saying 'now is the time' [File: Kylie Cooper/AFP]

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called on those seeking change in Cuba to partner with the CIA and help force an end to the island’s communist government.

US President Donald Trump and other senior US officials have for months openly hinted at military intervention and permanent presence in Cuba to ramp up economic, political, and legal pressure on the country.

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On Friday, Rubio seemed to openly confirm this when he wrote on X: “To those who seek to create positive change in Cuba – now is the time.”

Rubio commented on “the disappointment of failed promises, corruption, and the privileged lives of only a few” in Cuba, encouraging civilians to “seize this opportunity to create the change you desire through a discreet partnership with the CIA”.

The call was mocked by Cuban officials, including Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio.

“Now the United States is resorting to public recruitment for the CIA… There must be a great deal of desperation or misery within the agency for it to be forced to sell its services like a tube of toothpaste,” he wrote on X.

This is far from the first time Cuba has been threatened with military intervention by US officials.

Last month, Fernandez de Cossio told the US cable television channel C-SPAN’s flagship programme, Washington Journal, that it would be an “ atrocious international crime for the US to use military force against Cuba, which is a peaceful neighbouring country”.

The CIA later uploaded a video on X offering instructions in Spanish for those who believe they have information of interest to the intelligence agency, encouraging them to first and foremost visit an official “US embassy in person” if they can safely travel to one.

These latest developments come as a US-imposed oil blockade on Cuba earlier this year has put civilians in the country under intense economic hardship , as they contend with fuel shortages and blackouts exacerbated by failing infrastructure.

United Nations rights experts have condemned the oil blockade as ‌a violation of international law, while rights advocates say the Trump administration’s threats have echoed an imperialist approach.

Washington has maintained an embargo on Cuba for ⁠more than 60 years, as the Trump administration steps up pressure on Havana following the US military’s capture of Venezuelan then-President Nicolas Maduro in a deadly ⁠raid in January.

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美国国务卿马可·卢比奥呼吁寻求政治变革的古巴人与中央情报局合作，称“现在正是时候”。[图片：Kylie Cooper/法新社]

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美国总统唐纳德·特朗普和其他美国高级官员几个月来公开暗示将对古巴进行军事干预并永久驻军，以加大对古巴的经济、政治和法律压力。

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周五，鲁比奥似乎公开证实了这一点，他在 X 上写道：“对于那些寻求在古巴创造积极变革的人来说——现在正是时候。”

鲁比奥评论了古巴“未能兑现的承诺、腐败以及少数人享有特权的现状”，并鼓励平民“抓住这个机会，通过与中央情报局的秘密合作，创造你们想要的改变”。

古巴官员，包括外交部副部长卡洛斯·费尔南德斯·德·科西奥，对这一通话表示嘲讽。

“现在美国开始向公众招募中央情报局人员……该机构内部一定存在着巨大的绝望或痛苦，才会被迫像推销牙膏一样出售自己的服务，”他在 X 上写道。