Opening Statements

Witnesses

Panel I

The Honorable William R. Brownfield
Assistant Secretary
Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
U.S. Department of State
[full text of statement]

Ms. Liliana Ayalde
Deputy Assistant Secretary
Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs
U.S. Department of State
[full text of statement]

Mr. Mark Lopes
Deputy Assistant Administrator
Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean
U.S. Agency for International Development
[full text of statement]

Panel II

Mr. Eric L. Olson
Associate Director
Latin America Program
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
[full text of statement]
[truth in testimony form]

Mr. Michael Shifter
President
Inter-American Dialogue
[full text of statement]
[truth in testimony form]
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Hearing transcript (PDF)