01/22/2013
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"I'm hoping that the administration and the State Department will be more vigorously engaged in helping civil society."
"How can we work with the OAS to strengthen its resolve in pursuing enforcement of its Inter-American Democratic Charter?"
"Elections are one element of a democracy, but without all the other aspects of what we would consider a democratic country-- independent branches of government, a judiciary that is honest, and a legal..."
"It is our task from afar to provide the supportive environment that helps to foster democratic practices."