Marco Rubio

Good morning. First of all, thank you all for welcoming me here to Pensacola.

We're not going to interfere in your internal affairs. We're not going to support things that may undermine democratic institutions.

The United States position toward that should be that, you're not legitimate, the government, and that we are going to--if we have a chance, we'll do everything that we can to help your people bring about a change in these countries within…

The new President stated his intentions with respect to Peru's democratic institutions.

Brazil today is on the verge of becoming a global power.

I think part of being the minority party and the opposition party in that Parliament is being able to point to his policy failures and how Venezuela could be doing so much better if it went in a different direction.

It's trafficking in persons. The report in 2010 just came out on Monday. It designates Cuba as a tier 3 country for failing to adhere to minimum antihuman trafficking standards.

I think we see that throughout the region as well.

I think it's a positive development that there is an emerging opposition--we needn't call it 'opposition'--minority party in Venezuela that is in opposition to the policies of the government.

The reality of it is that it did require--as the report outlines, all the full sanctions available for countries that fall under tier 3 are not applied to Cuba

I'm deeply--aside from the political realities of what's happening in Cuba, this trafficking in persons issue is a major one around the world.

We're all very excited about the direction Colombia is headed, despite significant struggles.

Venezuela, who today is governed by a clown, more appropriate for a circus than as someone who governs a country.

A prosperous, democratic, and stable Western Hemisphere is crucial to the United States own safety and prosperity.

You have governments, and I use Cuba as an example, that are not legitimate. In essence, they do not have the consent of the people that they govern.

We have programs in Venezuela that are directed at, in a nonpartisan fashion, trying to work on democratic processes

Clearly, America needs to have immigration laws. We can't be the only country in the world that doesn't have them and doesn't enforce them.

Judge Scola is very well regarded in the legal community, particularly in south Florida, where I am from.

It is one that I think we are doing well on and should continue to build on.

There is a lot of concern and you hear a lot of talk about the rise of China, what that means, but also in the context of that, I think there is opportunity to find real partners to take on some of these issues.

It takes coalitions to basically address these. And coalitions have to be put together and they have to be led.

I have two quick questions on specifics.

Right. By the way, you are probably not shocked that some people lie about where they are on their updates.

But if the individual doesn't remove it, it stays on there indefinitely?

But that happens when you--at that moment, when you check in, basically.