05/18/2011
https://www.congress.gov...
"Nicaragua is a place that is not necessarily a model of democracy, but... the people of Nicaragua have begun to express how strongly they feel about the erosion of democracy there."
"There is a real challenge to democracy. We see the world increasingly being divided into a battle between autocracy and democracy."
"Cuba has not had democracy for a very long time. Venezuela has seen its democracy blatantly stolen."
"As everyone knows, the Ranking Member has a deep interest in the western hemisphere, and many years of experience in defending democracy."