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Bob Menendez: Meantime, repression has spiked. Political arrests have more than doubled in the last year.

On the recordMarch 15, 2011
Meantime, repression has spiked. Political arrests have more than doubled in the last year.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

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Menendez highlights increased political repression in Cuba following policy changes.

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