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Marco Rubio: “Why cannot we just say what is obvious to anyone who sees these facts that the Government of Venezuela is not and does…”

On the recordApril 7, 2014
Why cannot we just say what is obvious to anyone who sees these facts that the Government of Venezuela is not and does not comport itself as a democracy and in fact, because of all of these activities and others and violence against their own people, have lost the legitimacy of a government?
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Rubio questions the legitimacy of the Venezuelan government due to its actions against democracy.

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