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Adriano Espaillat: “Are we going to allow the Venezuelan people to starve to death?”

On the recordApril 8, 2019
Are we going to allow the Venezuelan people to starve to death?
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Adriano Espaillat
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Espaillat questions the U.S. response to the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela.

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