India, Jan. 11 -- U.S. politics once again brings Cuba into the limelight with the latest development involving the Secretary of State of the United States, Marco Rubio. A social media post stating that Marco Rubio may become the president of Cuba has drawn the most unexpected support from none other than former U.S. President Donald Trump, who commented in support, "Sounds good to me!" While there is little substantiation for such statements via social media, these developments have become a signal of the increasingly assertive stance of the U.S. in Latin America.

Speculation regarding Rubio heading the government of Cuba is purely hypothetical in nature. Rubio, himself a Cuban American, has never yet assumed any sort of position with t...