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SPEAKER: Ambassador Diego Arria
Former Permanent Representative of Venezuela to the United Nations
TIME: 6 – 7pm, Tuesday 29th April 2014
VENUE: Committee Room C21, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
To attend please RSVP to: researchassistant5@henryjacksonsociety.org
Venezuela is in crisis. Since early February …
This is a summary of an event with Diego Arria, on 29 April 2014; it reflects the views expressed by the speaker and not those of the Henry Jackson Society or its staff.
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Posted in Democracy & Development, Event, Human Rights, South AmericaExecutive Summary:
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Executive Summary:
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Executive Summary:
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