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But i would say i dont doubt his sincerity, but i dont think a policy of isolationism has really worked with regard to cuba. weve isolated, we havent traded, we havent had diplomatic relations and castros have remained in power for over 50 years and yet we trade with china, we trade with vietnam, we trade with laos. we trade with a host of countries that dont have perfect human rights records. and yet we dont trade with cuba. i think trade might loosen things up and might help to topple the cast...

Problems in the jail that its just made it worse and exacerbate their already underlying illness, being in a stressful, close approximation to other people. the whole system is helping propagate another type holding ground or treatment facility for the population that cant get into the mental health center. >> william jarrett says he suffers from an anxiety disorder which has been made worse by his 23 hour-per-day confinement in a small cell. >> i seriously cannot meditate in here. doesnt work, ...

>> and another hint, it was not this guy. fidel castro massively exploited the embargo for his own political benefit. castro was also able to point to the embargo as the complete explanation for every difficulty that the cuban population felt every day. though most of their problems were the result of castros crude dictatorship and his complete ignorance of modern economics. now, remember the quiz question. it is, who said this -- the embargo doesnt work. it is a failed policy. if we think engag...

But change is going to come to cuba. it has to. theyve got an economy that doesnt work. theyve been reliant for years, first on subsidies from the soviet union, then on subsidies from venezuela. those cant be sustained. the more the cuban people see whats possible, the more interested they are going to be in change. but how societies change, its country specific, its culturally specific. it could happen fast. it could happen slower than id like but i think its going to happen. i think this chang...

And let me tell you this, in a mitt romney administration, we will not keep practicing this policy of appeasement. we will be tough on this cruel dictator. all it has done is reward more despotism. and we will help the pro democracy groups. we will be tough on castro and chavez. and its because we know that thats the right policy for our country. >> notice that paul ryan didnt say the embargo is working. thats what makes this an exquisite bit of rhetorical pandering. it has the key phrases that ...

Cuba. it has to. theyve got an economy that doesnt work. theyve been reliant for years on subsidies from the soviet union and then on subsidies from venezuela. those cant be sustained. and the more the cuban people see whats possible, the more interested they are going to be in change. its country specific and culturally specific. it could happen fast. it could happen slower than i would like. its going to happen and this change in policy is going to advance that. leslie clark? >> reporter: i ha...

The embargo as the complete explanation for every difficulty that the cuban population felt every day. though most of their problems were the result of castros crude dictatorship and his kbleet ignorance of modern economics. now, remember the quiz question. it is, who said this -- the embargo doesnt work. it is a failed policy. if we think engagement works well with china, well, it ought to work well with obviously a lot of people say that but those words were said by a prominent republican who ...

Pandering. it has the key phrases that castro haters want to hear. you can think that fidel castro was a brutal dictator, as pull ryan and i do, and at the same time, think that the embargo doesnt work. as paul ryan and i do. paul ryans pandering was perfect because it did not directly contradict anything he had actually said before. paul ryan knew there was no rational economic or foreign policy case to make for the embargo, and so he didnt. but what did his pandering on the embargo win him? th...

The grand halls of the world and major war leaders dont go to havana because everyone recognizes he is as the president said, a dictator. repressive regime. makes sense to get rid of an embargo that doesnt work. it was very interesting. the president started by invoking the cuban people rather than the cuban government. i think that was the key point. its not the regime. its people to people relations. hes hoping that just by allowing that to happen, the u.s. will have greater leverage, greater ...

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. well 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 hasnt 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 e...