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On the recordFebruary 15, 2012
The lack of human rights in Cuba... the tactics that the Cuban regime has used back in the 1960s are similar to the tactics that they use now.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

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Engel draws parallels between past and present human rights abuses in Cuba.

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