Roberta S. Jacobson: “The actions taken by the Venezuelan Government today do not support the efforts at the dialogue table.”

Most human rights abuses were official acts committed at the direction of the government.

We know there is a diversity of views in the Congress on this issue, and we hope we can work together to find common ground toward our shared goal of enabling the Cuban people to determine their own future.

The President's new approach makes clear that the United States can no longer be blamed as an obstacle to progress on such things as access to information or connecting Cubans to the world.

No government--neither that of the Castros nor those of third countries--can credibly make the case that pushing the Cuban Government to respect universal human rights is taking sides in a dispute between Cuba and the United States.