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Marco Rubio: “The hard truth that it has not weakened the repressive apparatus of the Castro government.”

On the recordFebruary 2, 2015
The hard truth that it has not weakened the repressive apparatus of the Castro government.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Rubio acknowledges the embargo's failure to weaken Cuba's oppressive government.

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