AVANA: Cuba on Friday mocked what it called US “desperation” after Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged Cubans seeking political change to establish discreet ties with the CIA, as President Donald Trump renewed suggestions of possible US military intervention on the communist-run island.
“Now the United States is resorting to public recruitment for the CIA,” Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio wrote on X.
“There must be a great deal of desperation or misery within the agency for it to be forced to sell its services like a tube of toothpaste,” he added.
Rubio made his appeal in a social media post, urging Cubans dissatisfied with their government to seize what he described as an opportunity for change.
“To those who seek to create positive change in Cuba — now is the time,” Rubio wrote, citing what he called failed promises, corruption and the privileged lives of a few.
He encouraged them to pursue change through a “discreet partnership with the CIA.”
The agency subsequently posted a Spanish-language video on X explaining how people could submit information. It advised potential sources to visit an official US installation in person if they could do so safely, or to use a secure internet connection, a private browser and a disposable email account when contacting the agency online.
The public appeal came hours after Trump revived the prospect of military intervention in Cuba during a rally in Florida.
Trump said US warships returning from the war with Iran could stop off the Cuban coast before he sent Rubio to “finish up the deal.”
