The interviewer said that all the same, actions could be taken - such as the removal of Lenin's body - which might provoke street violence, which the authorities would use as a pretext to cancelling or postponing elections.

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And the first interviewer said, why hasn't the United States done more to promote democracy in the region, because you've done a lot in the Arab Spring but it seems as if you're not dealing with some of the problems here in Latin America.

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