On the recordFebruary 12, 2019
This horrendous humanitarian situation in Venezuela that we have all been talking about existed 2 weeks ago, before there were sanctions on PDVSA.
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Elliott Abrams
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congress.govElliott Abrams: “This horrendous humanitarian situation in Venezuela that we have all been talking about existed 2 weeks ago, before…”
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Abrams clarifies that the humanitarian crisis existed prior to the sanctions on PDVSA.
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