Richardson’s foreign policy efforts
Some of Bill Richardson’s foreign policy efforts:
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December 1984: Led a delegation to nine Latin American countries shortly after being elected chairman of the congressional Hispanic Caucus.
Late 1988: Traveled to Angola to meet with rebel leader Jonas Savimbi, who was fighting against the Marxist government.
August 1993: Traveled to Myanmar and became the first nonfamily member permitted to visit pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi while she was under house arrest.
July 1994: Met with Gen. Raoul Cedras, the head of the Haitian military who ruled the country, to urge him to step aside and allow President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to return to power. Cedras refused to step aside but left the country three months later under pressure from President Clinton
