President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Sen. Marco Rubio to serve as his Secretary of State.
“It is my Great Honor to announce that Senator Marco Rubio, of Florida, is hereby nominated to be The United States Secretary of State. Marco is a Highly Respected Leader, and a very powerful Voice for Freedom,” Trump said in a statement. “He will be a strong Advocate for our Nation, a true friend to our Allies, and a fearless Warrior who will never back down to our adversaries.”
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Marco Rubio the Next Secretary of State? (I couldn’t find who funds this group, but the article seems good)
The reportedly pending appointment of Rubio suggests the Trump administration, despite anti-immigrant and isolationist rhetoric, would likely accelerate a maximum pressure policy that would continue to ravage Cuba’s economy while fueling migration to the United States.
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Leading the way was Rubio, who would play a key role inserting Cuban-American hardliners into top positions in the Trump administration. John Barsa was named head of USAID’s Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, and Mauricio Claver-Carone, a former pro-embargo lobbyist, went to the National Security Council, where he became the architect of some of Trump’s most damaging measures, including activation of Title III of the Helms Burton Act.
Everyone quoted in the following story is funded by the National Endowment for Democracy and/or USAID:
What would Marco Rubio as secretary of state mean for Latin America? (archived)
Sources:
NED: 25th Anniversary of Directorio Democrático Cubano
Congressional audit finds most money goes to enrich Miami emigres
Manuel Cuesta Morúa’s CV (Spanish)/Profile at CADAL
He is the founder, along with other Cubans, Nicaraguans, Costa Ricans, Bolivians, Ecuadorians and Venezuelans, including the leader of Voluntad Popular, Leopoldo López, of the regional platform Latin American Democratic Solidarity which, connected to other efforts in the region, seeks, from the citizenry, to build an America of Citizens, as a permanent stage for the defense and promotion of human rights and fundamental freedoms in our hemisphere.
Centro para la Apertura y el Desarrollo de America Latina (CADAL):
CADAL – Funded by NED (IRI, NDI), Ford Foundation (on WikiSpooks) Freedom House (on WikiSpooks) (based in Buenos Aires, Argentina)
NED et. al.: The CIA’s Successors and Collaborators (archived)
Félix Maradiaga, Civil Society Leadership Institute:
Here’s what the corporate-owned media won’t tell you about the arrests in Nicaragua
Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela will be targeted again for regime change by the CIA front, NED.
Ms. Cat’s Chronicles 