Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank you. I came in partway through your presentation, and I apologize.
You've named every single thing that could go wrong in a non-democratic country. Independent judiciary were not truly independent, if they were able to take part in the coup, etc., of ousting President Zelaya.
We look at the fact that this government currently is unable to do anything. It is unable to speak out. I think you elicited disappointment that the president hadn't spoken out and the general hadn't spoken out loudly enough, and that nothing was happening to investigate human rights abuses to deal with a lack of press freedom, to deal with law enforcement, and with the army being rogue, almost.
What do you think the chances are? What are the things you would do or put in place, if somebody gave you the ability to do it, that would actually ensure that democracy would begin to take a foothold?
There will be an election in 2013. Is that election going to be in any way free and fair, which is another element of democracy we have to worry about? When we look at the fact that there's huge violence against women and girls, and violence against various aboriginal people who are trying to get land claims, etc., what hope is there? What are the structures that one would actually put in place, the things you would do to allow for some kind of power for the government to have? Does the government want that power? Those are the questions I have to ask. Ultimately, what is the position? How does the OAS itself have any ability to do something about what's going on in one of its foremost important states?