Marco Rubio on Venezuela: Venezuela’s economy during the years of Chavismo had really become something controlled by a network of corruption — by people who were stealing, including individuals and countries that were stealing Venezuela’s wealth. For example, Cuba was being given billions of dollars’ worth of barrels of oil. China was paying very little for the oil; they were receiving it at a discount. In Russia’s case, they were simply taking the oil as payment on debt. Many friends of Maduro and others had benefited as well.