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Cuba accepts offer of $100m in American aid, Rubio says

Cuba accepts offer of $100m in American aid, Rubio says

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio reported that Cuba has accepted a $100 million aid offer. However, he cautioned that this gesture does not signal a forthcoming negotiated settlement between the two countries, which remains unlikely.

Donald Trump
Republican Party
1. And, it looks like I'll be the one that does it. So, I would be happy to do it.
2. Other presidents have looked at this for 50, 60 years, doing something.
Marco Rubio
Republican Party
1. The president's preference is always a negotiated agreement that's peaceful.
2. Past Administrations have permitted the families of Cuban military elites, Iranian terrorists and other reprehensible organizations to enjoy lavish lifestyles in our country funded by stolen blood-money, while the people they repress at home suffer in increasingly dire circumstances. No longer.
3. They're not going to be able to wait us out or buy time. We're very serious, we're very focused.
4. I'm ⁠just being honest with you, you know, the ‌likelihood ‌of that happening, given who we're dealing with right now, is not high. But if ⁠they have a change of heart, you know, we're here. And in the meantime, we'll keep doing ‌what we need to do.
5. So Cuba has always posed a national security threat to the United States.
6. Cuba not only has weapons that they've acquired from Russia and China over the years, but they also host (a) Russia and Chinese intelligence presence in their country, not far from where we're standing right now.
7. That said, our preference is always a diplomatic solution.
8. The president always has the option to do whatever it takes to support and protect the national interest and national security of the United States.
9. We're not going to do humanitarian aid that falls into the hands of their military company that they have. And then they take that stuff and they sell it at the dollar stores and put the money in their pocket.
Guo Jiakun
Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1. China firmly supports Cuba in safeguarding its national sovereignty and national dignity and opposes external interference.
Communist Party of Cuba
1. It is highly cynical for this accusation to be made by the very same government that has murdered nearly 200 people and destroyed 57 vessels in international waters of the Caribbean and the Pacific, far from United States territory, through the disproportionate use of military force.

Cuba accepts offer of $100m in American aid, Rubio says

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