Roberta S. Jacobson: “We certainly believe that international and domestic election observers will be very important in Venezuela...”

We absolutely believe that they have to be heard. They are a very important voice.

We have consistently called on the Venezuelan Government to release those it has unjustly jailed.

We could not accept not meeting with democracy activists and with the broadest swath of Cubans possible.

It is very important that we work with countries on improving their mechanisms for transparency, for openness, and for anticorruption measures.