U.S. House of Representatives

Friday, December 2, 2011 - 00:00
Today, I am proud to carry the torch and do the same for the people of Nicaragua, although not as well nor as valiantly as Chairman Fascell did. I am standing for U.S. interests against Ortega's new assault on Nicaragua’s democratic process and institut
Friday, December 2, 2011 - 00:00
Thank you for the invitation to appear before you to discuss the recent Nicaraguan elections and the future of democracy in that country, a place and people that I came to like and admire during my three years as the United States ambassador there.
Friday, December 2, 2011 - 00:00
Madam Chair, Congressman Berman, distinguished members of the committee: I am honored and pleased to be here today discussing the future of democracy in one of Latin America’s poorest countries.
Friday, December 2, 2011 - 00:00
The problem is that the apparently deliberate obfuscation on the part of the electoral authorities produced suspicions and distrust among an important sector of the population, already skeptical from the clear fraud in the 2008 municipal elections. As a r
Thursday, December 1, 2011 - 00:00
Alan Gross is not a criminal, he is a humanitarian aid worker.
Thursday, December 1, 2011 - 00:00
In light of these events and his unjust sentence, I call on the Cuban Government to immediately release Mr. Gross so he may receive medical treatment and help his family through this tumultuous time.
Thursday, December 1, 2011 - 00:00
His 15-year sentence is absurd, and his continuing incarceration is inhumane.
Thursday, December 1, 2011 - 00:00
It is as a result of these humanitarian efforts that he has spent the last 2 years locked up in a Cuban prison.
Thursday, December 1, 2011 - 00:00
It is as a result of these humanitarian efforts that he has spent the last 2 years locked up in a Cuban prison.
Thursday, December 1, 2011 - 00:00
Cartel soldiers were reportedly on our side of the border in Arizona "patrolling in single-file formation" with the goal of "intentionally and forcibly assaulting" Border Patrol agents.

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