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Chris Smith: “I first met Daniel Ortega in my second term in 1984, and he was then a serial abuser of human rights.”

On the recordNovember 15, 2021
I first met Daniel Ortega in my second term in 1984, and he was then a serial abuser of human rights.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith reflects on his past meeting with Ortega and ongoing human rights abuses.

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