Rubio: ‘The Only Place in the World Where Cubans Can’t Seem to Prosper and Succeed Is in Cuba’

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RUBIO: "The one thing Cuba would enjoy is an enormous expatriate community, you know, Cuban Americans that would go back and invest. But I think there would be interest globally. Look, they have significant mineral deposits in Cuba, you know, some of the rare earth minerals, some of the best in the world. They have obviously an incredible opportunity with tourism, with agriculture, very rich farmland. So Cuba should not be a poor country. Its people shouldn’t be starving. Its people should be prosperous. And what's most interesting is you see Cubans everywhere around the world, in the United States, but you see them in Europe and Panama. Cubans leave Cuba, they go to other countries and become successful. The only place in the world where Cubans can't seem to prosper and succeed is in Cuba."