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Adriano Espaillat: “This is spiraling out of control, and it could be a major, major humanitarian crisis.”

On the recordApril 8, 2019
This is spiraling out of control, and it could be a major, major humanitarian crisis.
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Adriano Espaillat
Democratic · New York

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Espaillat warns about the worsening humanitarian situation in Venezuela.

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