Robert Menendez actually said...

"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?"

"We have pressed the Nicaraguan Government to invite credible domestic and international election observers."

"But maybe one of the least commented on threats to democracy in Latin America is the silencing of civil society."