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Search results for "A senior US delegation met with Cuban government officials in Cuba"

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Donald Trump stated on April 27, 2016 in a foreign policy speech in Washington:
"When President Obama landed in Cuba on Air Force One, no leader was there, nobody, to greet him -- perhaps an incident without precedent in the long and prestigious history of Air Force One."
By Louis Jacobson• April 28, 2016
Jeff Greene stated on August 15, 2010 in a televised debate on Miami's WPLG-10 against Kendrick Meek.:
On lifting the U.S. Cuban embargo and allowing travel to Cuba.
By Laura Figueroa• August 19, 2010
Rick Scott stated on June 28, 2020 in an interview:
Says “Joe Biden supported the Castro regime and meeting with Maduro.”
By Amy Sherman• July 1, 2020
Marco Rubio stated on December 17, 2014 in a press conference:
In the U.S. agreement with the Cuban government, "no commitment was made to allowing the establishment of political parties or to even begin the semblance of a transition to a democracy."
By Louis Jacobson• December 18, 2014
Instagram posts stated on November 20, 2022 in an Instagram post:
The Biden administration is deporting Cubans “because Cubans by and large are conservatives.”
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• November 23, 2022
David Perdue stated on April 15, 2015 in press release:
The Castro regime ‘violated international norms’ by secretly shipping weapons to North Korea in violation of a U.N. embargo.
By Nancy Badertscher• April 24, 2015
David Rivera stated on January 25, 2011 in a statement:
"In the past, President Obama has refused to meet with representatives from Cuban exile organizations."
By Trenton Daniel• February 2, 2011
Mario Diaz-Balart stated on December 18, 2014 in a press conference:
Says that in 2008, President Barack Obama said normalization with Cuba would first require "liberation of all political prisoners and some basic steps toward freedom, including freedom of the press, political parties, labor unions."  
By Amy Sherman• December 23, 2014
National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on August 14, 2017 in a Spanish-language radio ad:
Says Sen. Bill Nelson "has aligned himself with communists and dictators," "went to Venezuela to admire Chávez’s revolution" and "supports murderers."
By Amy Sherman• August 17, 2017
Hillary Clinton stated on July 31, 2015 in a speech in Miami:
On the Cuba embargo.  
By Amy Sherman• August 3, 2015
Paul Ryan stated on March 17, 2016 in a news conference:
"To this day, (the Cuban government) is a regime that provides safe harbor to terrorists and fugitives."
By Lauren Carroll• March 24, 2016
Marco Rubio stated on December 17, 2014 in :
"The reason why Cubans don't have access to 21st century telecommunications — like smart phones, like access to the Internet — is because it is illegal in Cuba."
By Lauren Carroll, Steve Contorno• December 19, 2014
Donald Trump stated on November 08, 2023 in a rally in Hialeah:
“Just like the Cuban regime, the Biden administration is trying to put their political opponents in jail, shutting down free speech.”
By Maria Briceño, Amy Sherman• November 15, 2023
Bloggers stated on February 24, 2020 in a post on Facebook:
"Cuba has a lung cancer vaccine we in the US had no access to because we sanctioned Cuba.”
By Jon Greenberg• March 4, 2020
Lawrence O'Donnell stated on July 08, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell":
"Radio Marti and TV Marti have spent more than $500 million to reach less than 1 percent of the Cuban population."  
By Jon Greenberg• July 14, 2014
Facebook posts stated on July 12, 2021 in a Facebook post:
U.S. sanctions mean “Cuba can’t trade with any country or any company whatsoever.”
By Gabrielle Settles• July 19, 2021
Tom Harkin stated on January 29, 2014 in a press conference:
Cuba has "a lower child mortality rate than ours. Their life expectancy is now greater than ours."
By Louis Jacobson• January 31, 2014
Raúl Castro stated on March 21, 2016 in a press conference in Havana:
Says there are no political prisoners in Cuba.
By Linda Qiu• March 22, 2016
Ted Cruz stated on November 27, 2016 in an interview on ABC's This Week:
"In 2015 roughly 10,000 political arrests occurred in Cuba. That is five times as many as occurred in 2010, when there were only about 2,000."
By Amy Sherman• November 29, 2016
Sid Miller stated on March 22, 2016 in a Facebook post:
Says Barack Obama was happily photographed holding a T-shirt with revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara’s face on it.  
By Fauzeya Rahman• March 25, 2016

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By Amy Sherman• August 4, 2020

Does the U.S. already have the biggest diplomatic presence in Cuba?

By Katie Sanders• December 23, 2014

Sorting the facts on Jay-Z and Beyonce’s Cuba jaunt

By Molly Moorhead• April 12, 2013

Fact-checking claims about Cuba

By Amy Sherman• January 20, 2015

Trump has threatened ‘taking Cuba.’ What’s at stake for the US economically, politically?

By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 25, 2026

Fact-checking claims about Cuba

By Lauren Carroll• March 24, 2016

Fact-checking claims that activists caused a Cuban hospital power outage, stayed in five-star hotel

By Samantha Putterman• March 24, 2026

Castro on McCain and "the rifle lady"

By Robert Farley• October 29, 2008

The biggest flip-flops by Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton

By Louis Jacobson• November 4, 2016

Looking at the facts behind Rep. Steve King's criticism of Emma Gonzalez

By Allison Graves• March 26, 2018

Ted Cruz's father may have embroidered revolutionary acts, Times story says

By W. Gardner Selby• November 10, 2015

Obama's reply to Castro's criticism open to interpretation

By Sean Gorman• April 11, 2016

With friends like these.....

By Robert Farley• June 5, 2008

US hasn’t announced plans to expand immigration humanitarian parole program

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• May 19, 2023

A shift in Cuba policy

By Robert Farley• April 14, 2009

Fact-checking Trump’s claims on Tylenol, autism and vaccines

By Grace Abels, Samantha Putterman• September 23, 2025

Marco Rubio on the Truth-O-Meter

By Amy Sherman• April 13, 2015

Fact-checking Sen. Marco Rubio

By Amy Sherman• April 10, 2015

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