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Marco Rubio: “None of this, Cuba's repression, its poverty, its isolation, is the fault of the United States or of the embargo.”

On the recordFebruary 2, 2015
None of this, Cuba's repression, its poverty, its isolation, is the fault of the United States or of the embargo.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

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Rubio emphasizes that Cuba's issues are due to its government, not the U.S. embargo.

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