Cuba's communist government decries US military pressure and "criminal" fuel restrictions

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters earlier on Tuesday that the status quo in Cuba was unacceptable, adding the US would address it, though he did not provide a timeline.

Rubio's statements were accompanied on Tuesday by a post on social media showing the US embassy's chief of mission in Havana, Mike Hammer, walking alongside Rubio and General Frank Donovan, of the US Southern Command, which oversees US operations in the Caribbean region.

Another photo posted Tuesday by the US military showed Rubio shaking hands with Donovan while standing before a map of Cuba.