Tomasz P. Malinowski: “Preventing U.S. assistance from being used in support of human rights violations is a policy priority.”

Democracy is still under threat in Latin America.

There is a sense of doubt among many of our partners in the region about whether the United States is--not only about whether we are going to go through with TPP, but with respect to our overall posture in the Asia-Pacific.

when the paths to nonviolent change are blocked, more and more people who have grievances are going to fall under the sway of extremist groups.

It is absolutely horrific. We are outraged by it.