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Mike Pompeo: “The Maduro regime's destruction of the economy in Venezuela is not as a result of the sanctions that the United States…”

On the recordMarch 26, 2019
The Maduro regime's destruction of the economy in Venezuela is not as a result of the sanctions that the United States has put in place over the last months.
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Mike Pompeo
Republican · Kansas

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Pompeo clarifies that Venezuela's economic issues stem from years of poor leadership, not just U.S. sanctions.

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