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Adriano Espaillat: “We have abdicated our leadership role in that region and created a vacuum of leadership, and for that reason we have…”

On the recordMarch 5, 2019
We have abdicated our leadership role in that region and created a vacuum of leadership, and for that reason we have seen now recently how countries even like China have stepped in to plug that leadership gap that we have left unattended for far too long.
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Adriano Espaillat
Democratic · New York

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Espaillat critiques U.S. withdrawal from leadership in Latin America, allowing other nations to fill the gap.

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