Foreign Affairs committee  There is no diplomatic initiative these days. After the failures of the Vatican in November 2016 and the failure of the negotiations in Santo Domingo in 2017, I think practically everybody in the international community knows that any dialogue process will have one outcome: Madur

Foreign Affairs committee  If China would want to help in this direction, to restore democracy in Venezuela and to resolve the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, it would be extremely welcome, but it has not made any movement in that direction. We would highly appreciate that. There has been more than one

Foreign Affairs committee  There have also been initiatives that tried to involve China and Russia in a solution for Venezuela. We regret that those initiatives didn't work in the end. We can study the reasons for a long time, but our main concern about what you're asking is that these attempts in the past

Foreign Affairs committee  I would prefer a diplomatic solution too, of course, but we also have to say that to deny to the Venezuelan people the rights and procedures that are consistent with international law is not the right approach. The solution cannot be a no solution; the solution has to be a practi

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, the Venezuelan case is a paradigm about that and about what the work of the organization is about. We face a basic problem, which is to try to apply high principles to the lowest people and to the lowest dictators. Of course these dictators will not be able to open themsel

Foreign Affairs committee  Honourable Chair and members of the committee, thank you for having me here today. It has been two years since I last addressed this esteemed committee. At that time, I spoke of the vital role the OAS plays as the forum for political dialogue in the hemisphere, the opportunities

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much. You would be extremely welcome at our headquarters in Washington. It's one of the prettiest buildings in Washington, in fact. I saw you last week, I saw you this week, so I hope to see you next week.

Foreign Affairs committee  There is another thing that is very relevant. CICIG is 12 years old. I don't want to work 12 years to achieve one result. I need to provide something sooner. I need to deliver something much faster than 12 years and not to depend on one person that is, in this kind of case, prose

Foreign Affairs committee  You can see it in our work. We have been there only six months, but we have already achieved a loan for regulating the financing of political parties. We have confronted the supreme court about the appointment of judges to fight against corruption. That was done together, the sup

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes. An anti-corruption jurisdiction system was created. We are implementing the measures, let's say, and we hope we can make them work. So far we are making substantial improvements in what was impunity there.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes. Our approach was different for MACCIH than it was for CICIG. First of all, we will feel that we have achieved our objectives if we are able to sufficiently strengthen the institutions in Honduras. They will be able to judge these cases themselves in the future. Let's say t

Foreign Affairs committee  —vetting. Then there is giving prosecutors the ability to do what we call active collaboration with them, and then there are judges. We need them to be able and independent and out of risk, let's say. We feel that through active collaboration with investigations, we can do more o

Foreign Affairs committee  I was going to make my getaway.

Foreign Affairs committee  The main task is to keep walking—like Johnnie—and to become more relevant on the main issues in the continent, the main problems in the continent. The OAS cannot have a silent voice. We have to talk and we have to make our points of view very clear. We have so far restructured