I believe that was the largest number of cases that the Nicaraguans have resolved in any year since.

An American foreign aid program or trade agreement is a seal of approval.

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.

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.

It seems to me that the Chinese are clearly, in one of its priorities, after Latin American mineral resources.

Is the administration basically advocating for those extensions?

I do think that to the extent that we are spending money in the hemisphere, rule-of-law programs and efforts to strengthen the rule of law is incredibly important.

I hope our advocacy would be to ensure that it is included because that would be part of Mexico's NAFTA obligations.

Working together, we believe that we are at a pivotal point in our relationships with the Western Hemisphere.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Secretary, thank you for your service and your testimony.

This was known to entities going back into the Bush administration.

The reason that Barclays enters into a consent agreement is they did something wrong.