Marco Rubio accused Cuban mining companies of sustaining “the regime’s repressive apparatus"
Marco Rubio accused Cuban mining companies of sustaining “the regime’s repressive apparatus"
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Published
August 20, 2026 8:33PM (EDT)
Fruit and vegetable cart on a street in Havana on August 18, 2026. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP via Getty Images)
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