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There are no young people who know how to debate, who know how to vote, and who know how to persuade people to vote. And you have seen this in Paraguay and they are reaping the harvest now of fifty years of dictatorship.

John Gimlette

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John Gimlette
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: January 1
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