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Adriano Espaillat: “I do not see how the United States is going to be able to come in and demand or say that this is the person you should…”

On the recordDecember 9, 2019
I do not see how the United States is going to be able to come in and demand or say that this is the person you should vote for.
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Adriano Espaillat
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Stresses that U.S. influence should not dictate Haitian elections.

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