WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The U.S. Department of State issued the following transcript of remarks by the U.S. Secretary of State:
Press Statement
Marco Rubio, Secretary of State
June 11, 2026
Like every resource on the island, energy has long been weaponized by Cuba's Communist government as a tool of both repression and self-serving regime kleptocracy. While the Cuban people have suffered fuel shortages and blackouts because of decades of under-investment in critical infrastructure, Cuba's Communist leaders have diverted energy resources to line their own pockets: reselling countless barrels of scarce energy on the secondary market, hoarding energy supplies for its military, intelligence and repressive forces, and rationing energy as a to...