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On the recordSeptember 9, 2013
In Venezuela and Nicaragua, millions were deprived of their basic democratic freedoms through fraudulent elections.
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Republican · Florida

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Highlighting the loss of democratic freedoms in Venezuela and Nicaragua.

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