Secretary of State Marco Rubio is reportedly holding secret discussions with the grandson of Raúl Castro, the de facto dictator of Cuba, as the United States seeks to pressure the country into regime change.
The backchannel discussions between Rubio and 41-year-old Raúl Guillermo Rodriguez Castro, first reported by Axios, indicate that the U.S. is looking to influence the elder Castro and his inner circle into rapprochement with the U.S. Despite being 94 years old, the administration still see the revolutionary as the island’s real “decision-maker,” the outlet says.
