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In exclusive interview with Al Jazeera, the US secretary of state downplays US role in the island nation's fuel crisis. In exclusive interview with Al Jazeera, the US secretary of state downplays US role in the island nation's fuel crisis.

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• In exclusive interview with Al Jazeera, the US secretary of state downplays US role in the island nation's fuel crisis.
• In exclusive interview with Al Jazeera, the US secretary of state downplays US role in the island nation's fuel crisis.
• In exclusive interview with Al Jazeera, the US secretary of state downplays US role in the island nation's fuel crisis. In
• exclusive interview with Al Jazeera, the US secretary of state downplays US role in the island nation's fuel crisis.

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• US role in the island nation's fuel crisis.
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• In exclusive interview with Al Jazeera, the US secretary of state downplays US role in the island nation's fuel crisis.
• In exclusive interview with Al Jazeera, the US secretary of state downplays US role in the island nation's fuel crisis.
• In exclusive interview with Al Jazeera, the US secretary of state downplays US role in the island nation's fuel crisis. In