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On the recordSeptember 20, 2021
He is, once again, just like Somoza, using incredible repression, violence against his own people.
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Juan Vargas
Democratic · California
Source
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Editor's note · Context

Vargas compares the current Nicaraguan regime to the past dictatorship of Somoza.

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