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Kristen Welker: “Hundreds of thousands of people have left Cuba over the past…”

Featuring: Kristen Welker, Host of Meet the Press | National

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Meet the Press Full Episode — April 12

Published | Video Starts at 07:35

And yet the people of Cuba say, you cannot solely blame the United States because you can trade with other countries. The economy has been in decline for the past 10 years. Hundreds of thousands of people have left Cuba over the past decade, many of them who are young entrepreneurs. Is that a sign that the Cuban economy and government has failed the people of Cuba? La gente de Cuba, like I said, when you see that at the family level, how does that happen? (07:35–07:44)

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Asserts that a significant number of people, including young entrepreneurs, have emigrated from Cuba in the last ten years.

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