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Marco Rubio: “Venezuela, sadly, is not governed by government. It's…”

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Marco Rubio discusses Cuba, Venezuela and Haiti after Rick Scott's questions at hearing

Published | Video Starts at 05:10

And the third is the Nicaraguans have basically invited the Russians to establish a military naval presence in Nicaragua in our hemisphere that poses a threat to our national security that needs to be addressed. Venezuela, sadly, is not governed by government. It's governed by a narco trafficking organization. that has empowered itself of a nation state. And we have seen, I believe, upwards of 7, 8, 9 million Venezuelans have just left the country. More expected to leave. (05:10–05:17)

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Asserts that Venezuela is controlled by a narco-trafficking organization.

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