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On the recordMarch 23, 2015
USAID has been kicked out of closed societies in Latin America, Bolivia, and Ecuador, for example, and has now become so concerned that it will be expelled from a country that it has become timid.
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Republican · Florida

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Ros-Lehtinen expresses concern over USAID's timidity in supporting democracy in Latin America.

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