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On the recordMay 9, 2017
Why does China, and for that fact Russia, make huge investments in a country like Venezuela who clearly is on a huge downward spiral economically, as well as in terms of civil unrest and human rights and democracy of its people?
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

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Menendez questions the motivations behind Chinese and Russian investments in Venezuela.

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