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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordJune 29, 2011
But maybe one of the least commented on threats to democracy in Latin America is the silencing of civil society.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey
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Menendez highlights the repression of civil society as a major threat to democracy.

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