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Ted Cruz: “The Cuban economy is in free fall right now.”

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Ted Cruz: The scale of this is BREATHTAKING!

Published January 9, 2026 | Video Starts at 05:56

They've got the largest gold reserves. And the Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro, two communists came in, utterly destroyed the economy. It's the same thing the Castros did in Cuba. And The Cuban economy is in free fall right now. I think this is the most promising time of our lifetimes to see the communist regime fall. (05:56–05:59)

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