Marco Rubio urges Cubans to collaborate with CIA to topple gov’t
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has urged Cubans to secretly work with the CIA to topple their government.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has publicly urged Cubans to secretly work with the CIA to topple their government, Al Jazeera reports.
Rubio's appeal followed President Donald Trump's threat to send warships to Cuba, issued in the aftermath of the Iran war, the outlet says.
Cuba is already under severe strain. According to Al Jazeera, a 10-month US blockade has caused power outages and water shortages across the island, deepening the hardship facing ordinary Cubans.
Rubio's call asks Cubans to collaborate secretly with American intelligence against the government in Havana. The report does not say how or where he delivered the message, or what form of collaboration he had in mind.
The report carries no response from the Cuban government, which has long accused Washington of seeking regime change. For decades, Havana has blamed US sanctions and covert action for the country's economic troubles.
Trump's threat of warships and the continuing blockade underline how sharply the confrontation between Washington and Havana has escalated since the Iran war. The appeal places ordinary Cubans at the centre of the standoff, asking them to take covert action against their own government in the middle of a deepening economic crisis.
It is not clear from the report whether any Cubans have responded to Rubio's appeal. Al Jazeera published the report on 24 October 2026.
Source: Al Jazeera English — TrendWire reports stories in its own words; facts should be confirmed against the original source.