Michael G. Kozak: “The way to do this is to answer their call for early, free, and fair elections.”

But for those who seek to maintain the status quo, we will not let them use our assistance as a facade for their lack of political will to make real reform.

Nine of the 15 countries that recognize Taiwan are in Latin America and the Caribbean, and we are doing everything we can to keep it that way.

You cannot have elections and then just ignore the results.

If we are successful in our efforts to promote democracy in Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua, and we intend to be, we will need to provide assistance that is qualitatively and quantitatively different than what we are providing at present to…