Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) oppose the idea put out by some progressives that the U.S. embargo is causing the suffering of the Cuban people, but say instead it is Cuba’s communist regime.
Both Menendez and Rubio are Cuban-Americans whose families have lived under the oppressive Cuban regime and say those who think the U.S. sanctions are the cause of the widespread protests don’t understand the way the oppressive communist regime in Cuba operates.
