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Ahead of U.S. embassy in Havana opening, Marco Rubio asks John Kerry to meet with Cuban dissidents

Sep 29, 2015 | News

Secretary of State John Kerry is headed to Havana to re-open the U.S. embassy there Friday. So on Monday, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio — a prolific letter-writer on the subject of Cuba — asked Kerry to meet with Cuban dissidents while he’s on the island.
 
“It is a diplomatic and moral failure on this Administration’s part to have moved forward with opening an embassy in Havana and providing the regime with a windfall of U.S. dollars without achieving any of our national interests in return,” Rubio wrote.
 
“Rather than negotiate with Cuba from a position of strength, the Obama Administration chose to give away too much up front in exchange for the regime’s empty promises of future discussions.”
 

 
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