THE LOVE AFFAIR BETWEEN CUBA-EDUCATED CARIBBEAN LEADERS AND THE PEARL OF THE ANTILLES WILL CAUSE MAJOR PROBLEMS, WHEN YOU CONSIDER AMERICA'S FUTURE POLITICAL LEADERSHIP IN 2028

It is a fact that many of the senior leaders of the Eastern Caribbean states received their university, or even medical school, education, in the Republic of Cuba, and as a result, many continue to have a close political, emotional and social association with that island nation, notwithstanding its autocratic political structure. This pro-Cuba orientation, which has bedeviled American foreign policy since 1960, may soon be responsible for economic and foreign policy actions from America that will negatively impact already dysfunctional tourism-centric Caribbean economies. While we can never accurately predict which way the pendulum will swing in American politics, experts have recently touted the rise of the status of American Secretary of State MARCO RUBIO, a Cuban-American, as the possible Presidential candidate in 2028. While born in the United States, Rubio's immediate family left Cuba, and retuned to the United States, after the Cuban Revolution of 1959, and his antipathy towards the Cuban regime is not a secret. Caribbean leaders who openly espouse their affiliation with the Cuban government, accept Cuban doctors and medical assistance under conditions that the U.S. say constitute human trafficking and human rights violations, and continue to send students to Cuba, will be in for a surprise, should Rubio be elected. He could impose Draconian measures on any Caribbean nation foolish enough to continue to maintain ties with Cuba, including but not limited to blocking trade and travel of Americans, as is our long history of sanctions. Whether such extreme measures will sink Caribbean economies we cannot say, but why risk it ? The Eastern Caribbean states who currently are in love with Cuba, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, DOMINICA, ST. LUCIA AND GRENADA, might want to start reorienting their foreign policy, lest they find their countries treated as pariahs, and their local economies crashing.