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The many lies of Marco Rubio (People’s World)
Marco Rubio haunted by allegations over Florida ‘slush fund’ and spending (The Guardian)
Marco Rubio Is Failing to Show Up to Work, Again (Florida Democratic Party)
Marco Rubio’s ‘house of horrors’ (MS NOW)
Marco Rubio’s Florida Bestie Is an Accused “Foreign Agent” Set to Go on Trial—With Rubio on the Witness List (Vanity Fair)
Alleged Narco President Hires GOP Lobbyists to Sing His Praises in Washington (Vice)
Corrupt Guatemalan officials find help from an unlikely source: Marco Rubio (The Guardian)
Eight Reasons Marco Rubio Would Be a Disastrous Secretary of State (Fair Observer)
China tweaks Rubio’s name to bypass travel ban for Trump-Xi meeting (The Hill)
Cuban official dismisses Rubio national security threat claim: ‘He lies’ (The Hill)
Rubio unveils new Cuba sanctions (The Hill)
Trump and Rubio’s Friends Secretly Prepping to Cash in on Cuba (The New Republic)
Rubio takes behind-the-scenes role on Iran war while keeping his options open for the future (NBC)
Trump’s Unapologetic Emissary (Bloomberg)
Marco Rubio Slides Private Note to Donald Trump During Televised Press Conference. Trump Looks Down and Reads It Aloud (People)
Rubio said he’s never seen Trump fall asleep in a meeting. Rep. Lieu showed him the videos (PBS)
Watch Donald Trump Mock Marco Rubio by Spilling Water on Stage (Time)
Here Are Trump and Rubio’s Best Schoolyard Insults (Time)
On Marco Rubio’s Too-Big Shoes and the Anxious Vanity of the Trump Administration (Vogue)
Rubio Spreads Debunked 2020 Election Fraud Claims (Factcheck.org)
Marco Rubio Says “Dr. Fauci lied about masks in March.” (Politifact)
Marco Rubio claims ”The number of people in the U.S. illegally is “upwards of 20, 25, maybe 30 million.” (Politifact)
How Marco Rubio Went from “Little Marco” to Trump’s Foreign-Policy Enabler (The New Yorker)
Manuel Roig-Franzia How Long can Marco Rubio Keep This Up? (NYT)
The Narco-Terrorist Elite (The American Prospect)
2011 Senate Biography (Archive)
How Rubio helped his ex-con brother-in-law acquire a real estate license (The Washington Post)
Orlando Cicilia (LinkedIn)
Sen. Marco Rubio said his parents ‘came to America following Fidel Castro’s takeover’ of Cuba (Politifact)
Latest Details In Marco Rubio Family’s Exile Saga Differ From NPR Interview (NPR)
Rubio Tries To Clarify How His Family Left Cuba (NPR)
GOP fundraiser Alan Mendelsohn to plead guilty to scheme (Cyber Citizens for Justice)
Animal Importer Mario Tabraue Accused of Murder (The Miami News Archive)
Remembering Rubio’s Record as Florida House Speaker (Governing)
Rubio claims 57 of his 100 ideas were made law by the Florida Legislature (Politifact)
Marco Rubio: Young, but a longtime fighter (CBS News)
Marco Rubio – Florida House Experience (House Information)
The Rise of Marco Rubio (Everand)
Who is Marco Rubio? Life Story Revealed in Manuel Roig-Franzia’s Biography (The Daily Beast)
Rubio Battles Reports of Lavish Charges to Florida GOP Credit Card (Fox News)
GOP Credit Scandal Threatens to Halt Rubio’s Momentum in Primary (Fox News)
As GOP Hopeful Rubio Rises, So Does Scrutiny (NPR)
Rubio releases charge card statements after financial questions (CBS News)
Could Rubio’s Past Slip-Ups Haunt a White House Bid? (Mother Jones)
Marco Rubio wasn’t always against earmarks, Florida Democrat claims (Politifact)
Questions surround Marco Rubio’s role at Florida college (MSNOW)
Shady Deals in the Sunshine State? (Factcheck.org)
Marco Rubio (Ballotopedia)
Marco Rubio criticizes Univision over story (Politico)
Former Colombian Leader Is Convicted of Bribery (Foreign Policy)
Colombia ex-president Uribe guilty of abuse of process, bribery of a public official (CNN)
Rubio ramps up Ecuador support in tough anti-crime drive (France24)
House Letter to Rubio (House.gov)
The U.S. Presence at a Base in Ecuador (Adam Isacson)
Rubio hails Ecuador as an ‘aggressive’ partner in the US counterdrug push (PBS)
State Secretary Rubio Praises Ecuador After Meeting With President Noboa: ‘No Better Ally in the Region’ (The Latin Times)
Presidential Pardon of Former Honduran President Convicted of Drug Trafficking (Congress.gov)
Trump admin pressed on pardon for ex-Honduras president after Venezuela’s Maduro snatched (CNBC)
Rubio lauds El Salvador’s offer to put U.S. deportees, including American criminals, in “mega-prison” (CBS News)
Rubio publicizes likely illegal prison offer from MAGA’s favorite dictator (MSNOW)
Rubio agreed to compromise US informants to secure Trump’s El Salvador prison deal: Report (Anadolu Ajansı)
Rubio leading negotiations with Bukele on returning migrants (The Hill)
Congratulations to Chile’s President-Elect Kast (State.gov)
Chile shifts sharply right as José Antonio Kast wins the presidency (NPR)
Colombian Sen. Cepeda on Sentencing of Far-Right Ex-Pres. Uribe, U.S. Ally, Paramilitary Accomplice (Democracy Now!)
Colombian military murdered 6,402 civilians between 2002 and 2008 (Justice For Columbia)
In Colombia, Álvaro Uribe’s Conviction Is a Flash Point (Jacobin)
Paramilitarism, Drug Trafficking, and Death: Uribe’s True Record (Orinoco Tribune)
Former Colombian Leader Is Convicted of Bribery (Foreign Policy)
Cocaine and bananas: Fruit shipments from Ecuador president’s family firm allegedly used to smuggle drugs (Investigative Journalism Bureau)
Ecuador’s Election Sees President Accused of Drug Trade Ties (InSight Crime)
Ecuador: Daniel Noboa’s Crackdown at a Crossroads (America’s Quarterly)
Rubio hails Ecuador as an ‘aggressive’ partner in the US counterdrug push (PBS)
The U.S. Presence at a Base in Ecuador (Adam Isacson)
Juan Orlando Hernández, Former President of Honduras, Sentenced to 45 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Distribute More Than 400 Tons of Cocaine and Related Firearms Offenses (Justice.gov)
The Drug Case Against the Former Honduras President Trump Pardoned (InSight Crime)
The Bukele Model Means Security Without Liberty (Reason)
How has ‘world’s coolest dictator’ Bukele consolidated power? (MalayMail)
Marco Rubio’s Deal: Trading Venezuelan Democracy for Oil (Center For American Progress)
Father’s Nazi Past Haunts Chilean Presidential Front-Runner (VOA)
Far-right candidate Jose Antonio Kast wins Chile’s presidential election (Al Jazeera)
Chile votes in polarizing presidential runoff as far-right takes lead (NPR)
