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Norma Torres: “People are dying in Venezuela. They are dying in the streets because of lack of access to medicine and food.”

On the recordMay 16, 2017
People are dying in Venezuela. They are dying in the streets because of lack of access to medicine and food.
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Norma Torres
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Torres emphasizes the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela amid its oil wealth.

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