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POLITICSLOWJul 22 · Jul 22, 2026, 6:52 PM

Can Cuba outlast Marco Rubio?

Responsible Statecraft

Shortly after four members of Congress returned from a fact-finding visit to Havana early last week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a tranche of new sanctions against Cuba’s tourism, energy, trade and security sectors, the latest move in a months-long maximum pressure campaign intended to overthrow the island’s government by year’s end.Reps. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), Teresa Leger-Fernández (D-N.M.), Maxine Dexter (D-Ore.) and Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.) heard first-hand from a diverse range of Cubans that the de facto fuel embargo and escalating secondary sanctions against foreign firms in Cub

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