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Bob Menendez: “If we do not do that, we are going to see enormous social unrest and we might as well turn the hemisphere over to…”

On the recordNovember 17, 2021
If we do not do that, we are going to see enormous social unrest and we might as well turn the hemisphere over to authoritarian figures.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

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Menendez warns that failing to support countries could lead to authoritarianism in the region.

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