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On the recordFebruary 12, 2019
Now some consider it a good sound bite to say that Venezuela represents the failure of socialism, but we should be honest that Venezuela is not a socialist country.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Engel clarifies that Venezuela's issues stem from kleptocracy, not socialism.

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