Energy is running out in Cuba, but repression continues

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will lead a delegation of executives from more than 200 American businesses to Samarkand, Uzbekistan, for a meeting with Central Asia’s five foreign ministers on October 17. This C5+1 visit gives Washington a rare opportunity to press the region, and more specifically Uzbekistan, for long-awaited institutional reforms and the release of political prisoners in exchange for American investment––an opportunity that may only come once.