Cuban American business people, some of them are like the most successful in the country. And a lot of them are friends of mine because I've been fighting this battle with them for a long time. The Castro regime was brutal, but they lived off Venezuela. Now they don't live off Venezuela. Sends them no energy, no fuel, no oil, no Money, no, nothing. They lived without Venezuela. They couldn't have made it. (16:49–16:54)
CLAIM
Asserts that the Cuban regime was oppressive and relied on Venezuela for support.
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