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Analysis: How Marco Rubio could raise the stakes for Cuba if he becomes secretary of state

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Sen. Marco Rubio is set to become secretary of state under Donald Trump .

The son of Cuban exiles, Rubio has long made it his mission to ramp up the US trade embargo on Cuba .

If confirmed, Rubio will be perfectly situated to further tighten the screws on Cuba perhaps to the island’s breaking point.

Cuba ’s leadership has made it clear that no amount of US pressure will force them to hold multi-party elections or release political prisoners.

The worsening economic reality on the ground stands in stark contrast to that bravado .

The latest blackout, caused by a power failure at an aging, Soviet -era plant, was the third island-wide outage in as many months .