What does Marco Rubio's ascension to Secretary of State mean to South Florida's Cuban diaspora?
Reporting by Jacob Ogles and Jesse Scheckner.
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U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio will make history as the first Hispanic Secretary of State if confirmed. But perhaps more importantly to his home community, a leader raised in South Florida’s Cuban American diaspora will bring its core values to international relations as he becomes the country’s top diplomat.
The child of Cuban immigrants and a longtime hawk against communist expansion in the Western Hemisphere, allies and critics alike see dramatic change regarding Cuban relations coming to the State Department under Rubio.
“As far as Cuba goes, the days of constant unilateral concessions to that regime, in violation of the spirit of the law if not t...
