Rubio calls on Cubans to work with CIA
The US secretary of state's social media post appears to confirm that the intelligence agency is currently active in Cuba.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has urged Cubans to work with the CIA to bring about change in the communist nation, according to a social media post. The unusual statement comes amid ongoing pressure from the US to end the rule of President Donald Trump and others have hinted at military intervention or a takeover of Cuba. Rubio's call for discreet contact with American intelligence services echoes a long history of CIA covert operations in Cuba, including the failed Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961.
The CIA has since posted a video offering guidance in Spanish for individuals with information of interest, while Cuban officials dismissed the suggestion as desperation.
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