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Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 00:00
Joy Olson's written testimony on the Merida Initiative on March 10, 2009.
Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 00:00
On March 13, 2008 the U.S. and Brazil signed the historic U.S.-Brazil Joint Action Plan to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Discrimination and Promote Equality, in which both nations pledge deepened cooperation in promoting equality of opportunity for the memb
Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 00:00
I want to focus my testimony on speaking about the current situation in Mexico as a result of the “war on drugs” from the perspective of civil society, drawing on the direct experience I have had particularly when living in the state of Guerrero and f
Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 00:00
I am going to outline some ways in which the U.S. must shoulder its own responsibilities for the violence, and then suggest ways in which the United States can ensure its aid and policies support strengthening respect for human rights.
Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 00:00
From a foreign policy perspective, we live in a quiet neighborhood. By and large, the countries of our region enjoy a shared set of values. With one notable exception, the Western hemisphere is made up of elected democracies.
Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 00:00
When the Western Hemisphere’s 34 democratically elected leaders gather in Port of Spain on April 17 for the fifth Summit of the Americas, many of them will vividly recall the tense proceeding and unhappy outcome of the previous Summit in Mar del Plata,
Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 00:00
This is a very timely hearing, not only as we look to next month’s Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, but also to the April 2nd G-20 meeting in London, in which five hemispheric countries will take part – the U.S., Canada, Argentina, Brazil, and
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The forthcoming summit is an opportunity for our president to get to know his colleagues, to listen to our neighbors’ concerns, to explain our policies, but most importantly, to restate what the United States stands for.
Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 00:00
Policy Dinner, Travel Warning, Border Violence
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There are a lot of people that work in the White House, that the President wouldn't be nominating somebody that didn't have full and complete access to him and every apparatus in government in order to bring about changes in security and in our drug polic