TARGETING ENABLERS OF THE CUBAN REGIME'S ARMS IMPORTS AND FOREIGN MILITARY COOPERATION

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- 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

August 6, 2026

The Cuban Communist regime is a state sponsor of terrorism that uses its military and intelligence apparatus to spy on the United States, provide material support to violent radicals and terrorist groups, and spread poisonous Marxist ideology within our borders and polity, all while serving as a staging ground for other U.S. adversaries such as Russia, China and Iran to conduct operations against the United States.Cuba's military and intelligence institutions are also the key enforcers of domestic repression and nodes of kleptocracy, notably through t...