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Marco Rubio: “If the people of Cuba had access to the Internet and could communicate with one another... I do not believe the Castro…”

On the recordJune 6, 2012
If the people of Cuba had access to the Internet and could communicate with one another... I do not believe the Castro regime could survive that for very long.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

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Rubio believes internet access could undermine the Castro regime's control.

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