individual in cuba to another private business, et cetera. paul, the castro regime hasn t made many if any concessions on freedom for cubans, dozens of dissidents arrested just a week ago. how and when this will change? with all due respect to chris, no law has been changed in cuba. so any kind of exchange of convertible peso is because someone is favored enough to be able do it. but the law hasn t changed. but you re right, persecution has not only continued a pace, it has actually increased. we re on track this year for a record number of arrests. probably 8,000. hundreds of people regularly beaten and arrested. and nothing has been done about that. and that s why this policy has always been so unfortunate. the president missed an opportunity to use leverage to get the castro regime to do what
plane. back in the u.s. after five years in a cuban prison. this of course the event that united the shift in u.s.-cuba relations. we ll go back to havana cuba for that and more. and more of my interview with marco rubio. here is part of our exchange in english. senator, the fact is that for 54 years, the american embargo against the castro regime hasn t worked. the two brothers that were in power in 1961 in january of 1961 when the u.s. broke relations with cuba are still in power today. the embargo, they say, doesn t work. the president and his supporters think it s time to try something new. i would say two things. for 50 some odd years the castro regime hasn t worked even with soviet subsidies. they ve been a disaster for their country. no freedom and the people trying to flee. half the population of cuba