U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham urged communist leaders in Cuba to consider leaving soon, quoting Senator Marco Rubio's statement that he would be concerned if living in Havana as a government official, in an X post shared between 4:45 a.m. and 5:15 a.m. UTC on January 4, 2026, according to LindseyGrahamSC. The post stated, "To the communist leaders of Cuba: you might want to think about leaving soon," directly quoting Rubio: "If I lived in Havana and I was in the government, I would be concerned - at least a little bit." This development occurred in the 29-minute reporting window amid ongoing U.S. negotiations with Venezuela's Delcy RodrÃguez for a power transition following Nicolás Maduro's capture and escort to the New York DEA office, as reported in prior coverage between 4:15 a.m. and 4:45 a.m. UTC. An X post by _niicogutierrez during the same window noted "all Latin America sleeping" on the "Venezuela subplot," referencing related events.
