Rick Scott: “There's a massive opportunity for people to invest in Cuba…”

“They got great beaches and it's a wonderful place to go. And actually, if you look at, look at the Cuban people, it's an industrious people. They work hard, they're smart. So There's a massive opportunity for people to invest in Cuba if they have freedom and democracy. Let me say one, in 1959, Cuba had the second highest standard of living in the Western Hemisphere. Cuba was the jewel of the Caribbean. Cubans around the world are highly successful.” (32:03–32:10)

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