the cost of doing that is that it provides hard currency to the regime
political repression has increased
there's an open resistance in Cuba now; a resistance which is being oppressed
But if our policy, ultimately, is to foster democracy, shouldn't these groups be evaluated on the basis of what they wou...
So we've already conceded, the administration has, that there's a price to be paid, that we recognize that these trips a...
I would hope that we would establish a policy that clearly creates a nexus between the trips and our foreign policy towa...
So we make clear to people who are traveling to Cuba for people-to-people contact, we make clear to them that if they go...
the only safe way to go to Cuba is to travel there and not really do anything more than, you know, cultural stuff, but r...
access to Americans will somehow provide information to the average Cuban
the benefit of having Americans travel to Cuba outweigh the hard currency
I would just advocate that if indeed we're going to allow people to travel to Cuba, and our hope is that somehow this tr...
Isn't that something we're concerned about?
And my other concern is that Alan Gross was on the island for the purpose of fostering access to information.
we have never offered unilateral concessions to the Cuban Government in exchange for Mr. Gross.
If confirmed, combating human trafficking would be one of my top priorities in Ecuador.
the United States is going to be a clear voice condemning this practice and calling out those nations and those governme...
I have also reviewed that file, Mr. Chairman, and I have nothing to add to what you've already said.
As you know, El Salvador is a tier-two country, which means it's a source, destination, and transit country for human tr...
