Francis Rooney: “Under the current circumstances, we have extra regional actors who are happy to fill the void...”

The working group of Central American leaders... identified corruption as one of the core problems facing the region.

It's not a good thing. And you're on to something here that we should not be beating on a foreign country for political gain but should be for advancing United States strategic interests.

Today, I support this resolution in calling on Daniel Ortega to cease all attacks on the Nicaraguan people, release all political prisoners, and set the conditions for free and fair elections.

It's also confusing to me to have rough amateur diplomats out there conducting parallel diplomacy when we have professional diplomats doing their job in the Ukraine.