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Marco Antonio Rubio was born in Miami, Florida, [1] the second son and third child of Mario Rubio Reina [2] and Oriales (née Garcia) Rubio. [3] His parents were Cubans who immigrated to the United States in 1956 during the regime of Fulgencio Batista , two and a half years before Fidel Castro ascended to power after the Cuban Revolution . [ 4 ]
Rubio was the second Cuban American to run for president, with Republican Ted Cruz announcing his campaign three weeks earlier. He suspended his campaign on March 15, 2016, after finishing second in Florida's primary.
Cuban officials, who until recently often derided the Florida senator as “Narco” Rubio, a reference to his brother-in-law’s cocaine smuggling conviction in the 1980s, have shrugged off the ...
The Cuban–American lobby are various groups of Cuban exiles in the ... Marco Rubio , Republican, ... T. Lawrason Riggs Professor of History and Religious Studies at ...
The son of Cuban immigrants who worked as a bartender and a maid, Rubio had a modest upbringing in West Miami and has been in politics nearly his entire adult life, first on the West Miami City ...
Rubio was born in Miami and his parents left Cuba in the 1950s, before Castro took power. Cruz was born in Canada and his Cuban-born father came to the U.S. in 1957 during the Cuban revolution.
An American Son: A Memoir is a 2012 autobiography by Florida Senator Marco Rubio. [1] The first half of the book is his life story, including his family history of emigration from Cuba. The second half is all about the 2010 Senate electoral race against Governor Charlie Crist. [2]
Florida Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is drawing sharp criticism for comparing the conviction of Donald Trump to the widely criticized show trials in the aftermath of the Fidel Castro-led Cuban ...