Marco Rubio
 Marco Rubio        (lawyer, politician) | |||||||||||||||||||
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 Owned by and in thrall to the Israel Lobby | |||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Marco Antonio Rubio 1971-05-28 Miami, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Tarkio College, Santa Fe College, University of Florida, University of Miami | ||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Jeanette Dousdebes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Member of | Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, International Republican Institute/Board and Staff | ||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Republican | ||||||||||||||||||
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Marco Rubio (born 28 May 1971) is an American attorney and politician currently serving as the senior United States Senator from Florida. A Republican, Rubio was previously Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives. Rubio unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination in the 2016 United States presidential election, winning presidential primaries in the State of Minnesota, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.[1] Donald Trump, following the 2024 election, may appoint him as Secretary of State.[2][3]
Background
His parents left Cuba for the United States in 1956 (Rubio sometimes claimed they were fleeing Fidel Castro).[4]
Criticism
Cuban media does refer to him as "reputed member of the anti-Cuban mafia based in Miami".[5][6]
Drug-smuggling family
In 1987, Rubio's brother-in law Orlando Cicilia was arrested in a sting operation and eventually sentenced to a lengthy prison term in one of the biggest drug cases of Miami's 1980s cocaine-cowboys era. Cicilia's residence, where Rubio and his family also had lived for a while and where Rubio had done casual work for months after moving out, was an important hub for the $75 million cocaine operation.[7][8]
In 2002, as Majority Whip of the Florida House of Representatives Rubio "used his official position to urge state regulators to grant a real estate license to his brother-in-law, a convicted cocaine trafficker who had been released from prison 20 months earlier."[9]
Related Documents
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| Document:Being Marco Rubio | Article | 12 February 2019 | Philip Giraldi | The boyish senator from Florida is owned by the Israel lobby |
| Document:ICC prosecutor says world leaders 'threatened' him over Israel arrest warrants | Article | 5 September 2024 | News Desk | “Target Israel, and we will target you,” US Senators, led by Tom Cotton, warned in the letter. “Such actions are illegitimate and lack legal basis, and, if carried out, will result in severe sanctions against you and your institution.” Senators Mitch McConnell (minority leader), Rick Scott, Tim Scott, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio also signed the letter. |
References
- ↑ "Rubio's Parents Were Plain Old Immigrants, Not Refugees"
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/11/us/politics/trump-rubio-secretary-of-state.html
- ↑ https://jewishinsider.com/2024/11/trump-national-security-team-israel-gideon-saar-marco-rubio/
- ↑ https://heavy.com/news/2016/02/marco-rubio-father-dad-mario-rubio-family-mother-oriales-cuba-siblings/
- ↑ https://www.cubanradio.cu/the-opinion/from-social-media/the-double-standard-of-censor-marco-rubio-on-internet-freedom/
- ↑ https://cubasi.cu/en/article/marco-rubio-and-bridges-hate-against-cuba
- ↑ https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/marco-rubios-ties-to-a-drug-smuggling-brother-in-law-were-closer-than-advertised-8873774
- ↑ https://www.vox.com/2015/12/31/10695274/marco-rubio-orlando-cicilia-real-estate
- ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/how-marco-rubio-helped-his-ex-con-relative-get-a-real-estate-license/2015/12/30/a1d96816-ae7f-11e5-9ab0-884d1cc4b33e_story.html
