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Marco Rubio: “The wealth is controlled by a company owned by military…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 14:01

The, to the extent there's any wealth in Cuba, it doesn't go, it doesn't forget about, doesn't go to the people. It doesn't even go to the government. The wealth is controlled by a company owned by military generals. They take all the money. They're sitting on billions of dollars. Okay? This is a country where people are literally now eating garbage from the streets. But they have a company that controls all of the money making there that's sitting on 15, 16 billion dollars. (14:01–14:09)

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Asserts that a company owned by military generals controls wealth and holds billions of dollars in Cuba.

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