Mauricio Claver-Carone, the United States special envoy for Latin America, said in an interview with Político that the Trump administration can “be very creative” in its measures to put an end to the Cuban government.
Claver-Carone is convinced that the government “is probably weaker than ever before,” and he himself warns that it is what has always been said, but that “this time it really is.”
Born in Miami and of Cuban origin, Claver-Carone is known for his tough stance and defending sanctions against Havana.
Regarding the changes he expects, he told journalist Ben Schreckinger that they must be a “democratic change.”
“The Cuban model, obviously, is dead. You don’t hear any country in the region say: ‘I want to be like Cuba,’” he said.
Shortly before assuming his second term, Trump appointed Claver-Carone, former president of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), to head the State Department for Latin America.
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During Trump’s first term (2017-2021), Claver-Carone assumed the presidency of the IDB in October 2020, but was dismissed amid a notorious scandal for having an affair with a subordinate and giving her several pay raises, recalls an EFE press agency dispatch.
