As Chairman Rubio--because he leads on human rights in so many places, including Cuba--dictatorships do not matriculate from barbaric behavior to peace and democracy and rule of law without a great deal of push and exposing.
Rubio emphasizes the need for pressure to promote democracy in dictatorships.
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