Marco Rubio took a few shots at The New York Times during an appearance with Neil Cavuto on Fox Business Tuesday.

Rubio has been the subject of exposes on his driving record, his purchase of a modest boat, and perceptions about him in Cuba. The Times recently ran a story in which they spoke to people in Cuba about Rubio's run for president. Despite his Cuban heritage, The Times found people not impressed with Rubio.

Reacting to the story, Rubio dismissed the animosity towards him in Cuba as state propaganda.

"Number one, in Cuba if they would have said something positive about me, they would have been punished for it by the government," Rubio said. "Number two, in Cuba there’s an information blockade. … Any news they get about me comes from the government TV stations and the government-run newspapers, and they’re not big fans of mine."

Cuba is ranked 170th in the world for press freedom by the group Reporters Without Borders. But what Rubio really revels in is not being liked by the Cuban government he is so at odds with.

"I’m glad that the Cuban government seems to be obsessed with me, because what it shows is that we’ve struck a vein, we have called them out who they are. They are a tyrannical regime that controls the entire economy, and they’re looking to more trade and engagement with the US for one simple purpose: it is not to improve the lives of the Cuban people, it is to perpetuate themselves in power," Rubio said.

As for The Times being obsessed with running trumped up stories against him to run down his reputation, Rubio said that in the 21st century he thankfully has other options to reach voters from Fox to social media and even old-fashioned, in-person politicking.