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Marco Rubio: “If you are involved in beating people, if you are involved in jailing people in Cuba, if the government is using you…”

On the recordJune 6, 2012
If you are involved in beating people, if you are involved in jailing people in Cuba, if the government is using you, whether it is here in the United States as part of the Interests Section or in Cuba, in abusing human rights, your name is being recorded, and you are part of a government that is not sustainable.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

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Rubio warns about accountability for human rights abuses in Cuba.

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