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On the recordMarch 15, 2011
He has methodically and shrewdly consolidated his political power by subverting his country's democratic institutions.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Menendez criticizes Ortega for undermining democracy in Nicaragua since 2006.

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