12/14/2011
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"I believe this is an important step toward strengthening Mexico's IPR regime and to ensuring trade partners comply fully with their obligations."
"In El Salvador, Argentina, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, we are seeing a disturbing reemergence of authoritarian elements in the legislative and the executive branches of government."
"Latin America obviously is a region of strategic importance to our country, and a prosperous and democratic and stable Western Hemisphere is crucial to our own safety and our own prosperity."
"An American foreign aid program or trade agreement is a seal of approval."