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is simply trying to justify an illegal and inhumane military intervention against Cuba.
Ada Peralta, NPR News, Miami.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Cuba is suffering not because of a U.S.
blockade, but because their government has placed the good of a few insiders ahead of the good of the Cuban people.
Rubio said the only thing in the way of a better future for Cuba is the people who control their country.
Rubio spoke as the Justice Department prepared to announce an indictment against former Cuban President Raul Castro.
is simply trying to justify an illegal and inhumane military intervention against Cuba.
One of the things the Chinese emphasize, which we agree, is strategic stability in our relationship, a constructive relationship, but also one that establishes strategic stability so that we don't have misunderstandings that could lead to broader conflict.
And so we always reiterate the point.
We hear them when they say this.
We always respond by saying anything that would compel or force a change in what we have now would be problematic, and that we would certainly, our policies on that have not changed.
One of the things the Chinese emphasize, which we agree, is strategic stability in our relationship, a constructive relationship, but also one that establishes strategic stability so that we don't have misunderstandings that could lead to broader conflict.
And so we always reiterate the point.
We hear them when they say this.
We always respond by saying anything that would compel or force a change in what we have now would be problematic, and that we would certainly, our policies on that have not changed.
One of the things the Chinese emphasize, which we agree, is strategic stability in our relationship, a constructive relationship, but also one that establishes strategic stability so that we don't have misunderstandings that could lead to broader conflict.
And so we always reiterate the point.
We hear them when they say this.