If the Secretary fails to grant the waiver, is it your understanding that the United States would be obliged to vote against the loans and grants to Nicaragua at the IDB World Bank and IMF?

sometimes the United States is more interested in stability than it is in democracy.

Repression is as wrong in the Western Hemisphere as it is in the Middle East.

America's relationship with our neighbors in the region can best be described as a partnership.

it's better for our country, for our region, and for the world for people to have a voice in selecting their own leaders.

you're going to be uniquely positioned to be a strong voice on behalf of these principles that have not just made our Nation great but have made the world safer and more prosperous.

If confirmed, you'll serve the U.S. Government as its highest representative to the countries to which you have been nominated.

the United States needs to be a clear and bold voice on behalf of liberal democracy, on behalf of self-determination, on behalf of people having their basic human rights respected.

The wide range of bilateral issues that confronts these embassies is as broad and complex as America's multifaceted relationship with the region itself.

Freedom of the press is restricted. The 2010 local elections were largely a sham.

It seems to me that the Ukraine is at a crossroads. It is backsliding on human rights.