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Marco Rubio: “The Cuban people have never been able to participate in a…”

Featuring: Marco Rubio, Republican | Secretary of State, United States | National

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Marco Rubio discusses Cuba, Venezuela and Haiti after Rick Scott's questions at hearing

Published | Video Starts at 08:58

… from his colleagues and also having to have people on the back screaming and protesting against you. You can't do that to a Cuban official. You can't question their decisions. The Cuban people have never been able to participate in a political process for almost 70 years now. And they're entitled to that as much as the people of Colombia and Argentina and Paraguay and Peru and virtually every other country in the region has enjoyed. (08:58–09:05)

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Asserts that Cuban people have been excluded from a political process for nearly 70 years.

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