During the interview, Rubio explains that there is “…very little that happens in Havana that the Cuban government does not know about, especially Americans working for the State department.” According to the New York Times, the attack that Rubio refers to is when approximately 20 people contracted an “unexplained sickness,” with symptoms including hearing loss, dizziness, tinnitus, visual difficulties, headaches, fatigue, cognitive, balance and sleeping difficulties after a sonar attack.
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