On the recordJanuary 18, 2021
Venezuela is now a land of unbridled criminality and kleptocracy, where a humanitarian crisis has forced more than 5 million people to flee their homeland.
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congress.govSheldon Whitehouse: “Venezuela is now a land of unbridled criminality and kleptocracy, where a humanitarian crisis has forced more than 5…”
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Whitehouse describes the dire situation in Venezuela due to governmental failures.
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