By Francisco Acevedo

HAVANA TIMES – I don’t know whether he said it merely to sweeten the ears of voters in Florida (we’re not in campaign season and the next elections are still a long way off), but in recent statements about the operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Donald Trump did not rule out Cuba remaining on the list.

Cuba has not been a priority for the Trump administration beyond maintaining economic pressure measures, but surely the proximity of his Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, is constantly buzzing in his ear, reminding him that just 90 miles away sits his worst political enemy.

Certainly, in terms of resources Cuba does not have much to offer, but Trump is not someone who tolerates other people’s defiance very well, and he dropped a hint or two.

“Cuba is an interesting case. That system is not good for Cuba. We’ll end up talking about Cuba, because it’s a failed nation,” he said this Saturday, adding that he intended to help both the island’s residents and those who were “forced to leave” and now live in the United States.

What may happen to Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores—accused in New York courts, among other things, of allying themselves with drug trafficking—hangs in the balance, but at Havana’s Palace of the Revolution, toilet paper is in short supply.

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