CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Cuba on Thursday, the Cuban government announced, marking the highest-level American visit to the island since the Trump administration began ramping up its pressure campaign against the Communist government in Havana.
Ratcliffe met with Cuba's interior minister during the trip, according to Cuba's state-controlled newspaper Granma, which said the meeting was held to address "the current situation" between the two countries. Cuban officials used the meeting to argue that their country does not pose a threat to US national security.
But Rubio sounded skeptical in a Wednesday Fox News interview about whether real change was even possible under the current leadership.
"I doubt it is possible to change the trajectory of Cuba as long as these people are in charge in that regime," he said. "I hope I'm wrong. We'll give them a chance. But I don't think it's going to happen."
Behind the scenes, Rubio and other Trump officials have been holding private talks with Cuban leaders, betting that economic desperation will eventually force Havana to make concessions it has long refused to consider.
In late April, a State Department delegation traveled to Havana to push Cuban leaders, including Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro, a grandson of former leader Raúl Castro, on the possibility of a diplomatic deal. Rubio has also spoken directly with Rodríguez Castro.
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