Chris Dodd: “There's nothing wrong with enlightened self-interest.”

The truth is that the catastrophe was years in the making caused by regulatory negligence and Wall Street gambling.

I would just make one observation: 75 percent of the population of Latin America are living in urban settings; 50 percent of the population living is under the age of 18.

I believe it's time for us to rethink what it is that we want from the hemisphere.

I frankly don't see the sovereignty issue as playing a role as an impediment as much as the sheer ability of the cartels to corrupt.