Marco Rubio

It doesn't have a real economy.

Put aside for a moment the fact that it has no freedom of expression, no democracy, no respect for human rights.

The fundamental problem Cuba has is it has no economy, and the people who are in charge of that country and control of that country

They don't know how to improve the everyday life of their people without giving up power over sectors that they control.

They want to control everything.

They don't want the people of Cuba to control anything.

So they don't know how to get themselves out of this.

And to the extent that they've been offered opportunities to do it.

They don't seem to be able to comprehend it or accept it in any ways.

They would much rather be in charge of the country than allow it to prosper.

Is there any kind of off-ramp for the regime?

There is.

I'm not going to tell you or announce this in an interview here because obviously these things require space and time to do it in the right way.

But I will say this, that that is that it is important for the people of Cuba to have more freedom, not just political freedom, but economic freedom.

The people of Cuba.

And that's what this regime is not willing to give them.

because they're afraid that if the people of Cuba can provide for themselves, they lose control over them, they lose power over them.

So I think there has to be that opening.

It has to happen.

And I think now Cuba's faced such a dire situation.