The most successful antipoverty program certainly in Latin America, but not just there, has been economic growth.

I think it's started, because I think that the economic changes that the government has announced, modest though they are, hemmed in though they are by all kinds of restrictions, I think for the first time they involve changes that the…

That's different from somebody who's running and saying things we don't like, but ultimately is governing in an effective way.

I think other countries in Latin America will engage with that, and at some time the United States will have to think about in what way it could constructively engage with that.

Imagine how much worse off Mexico would be today, facing the challenges it faces, if it didn't have this democratic institution.

I think that the way in which Humala governs will depend a lot on his circumstances.

Economic growth alone is probably not as effective as economic growth with sensible, well-targeted social policies.

It is probably easier and more effective for the U.S. Government to work with and support the countries that already have constitutional democratic regimes.

But they won an election. So the challenge there for us... is how do we separate those two.

I supported and applauded the passage of U.N. Resolution 1973 to protect Libyan civilians, and was encouraged by the strong international consensus surrounding this issue.

If I might, I think that particular provision within the act...may seem to have wisely reflected the inclination toward inaction rather than action.

In the face of the atrocities committed by Qadhafi earlier this year, the United States I believe did have an obligation to protect the Libyan people from the very real threat of massacre.