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Chris Smith: “Under President Ortega, Nicaragua has become a pariah dictatorship in league with other human rights abusers.”

On the recordMarch 21, 2023
Under President Ortega, Nicaragua has become a pariah dictatorship in league with other human rights abusers.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith criticizes Ortega's regime for its human rights abuses.

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