This is a country, very much like Venezuela, that should be a donor. That should be a country, because of its vast natural resources, it should be assisting others and yet because of poor governance, bad leadership, authoritarian leadership and human rights violations, it is what it is.
Jeff Merkley: “This is a country, very much like Venezuela, that should be a donor. That should be a country, because of its vast…”
On the recordApril 23, 2018
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Merkley criticizes the governance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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