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Rick Scott: “Chavez allowed his regime to engage in illegal trafficking…”

Featuring: Rick Scott, Republican | U.S. Senate, Florida

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Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL): What is next for US-Venezuela policy? | LIVE STREAM

Published | Video Starts at 08:15

Cuba received and continues to receive free oil from Venezuela and in return provides political and internal security operatives. In other words, Cuba provided and is still providing military thugs to help stop freedom. Chavez allowed his regime to engage in illegal trafficking of drugs and people, and he cooperated with Middle Eastern terrorist organizations like Hezbollah and the terrorist state of Iran. This cooperation has only intensified under Chavez successor Maduro. The path of socialism chosen by the Chavistas inevitably led to a failed state that relies on the world's bad actors for survival. (08:15–08:27)

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Asserts that Chavez's regime engaged in illegal trafficking and cooperated with terrorist organizations.

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