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Bob Menendez: What also has not worked for 50 years is the leverage of the international community that was all engaged with Cuba, and…

On the recordFebruary 23, 2015
What also has not worked for 50 years is the leverage of the international community that was all engaged with Cuba, and the Castro regime has had more political prisoners, more beatings, more repression, and no openings whatsoever.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

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Menendez critiques the failed international approach to Cuba over the past 50 years.

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