Witnesses:

Panel I:

Ms. Emily Mendrala
Deputy Assistant Secretary
Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs
U.S. Department of State

Panel II:

Ms. Berta Valle
Journalist and Human Rights Defender

Ms. Laura Chinchilla
(Former President of Costa Rica)
Co-Chair
The Inter-American Dialogue

Mr. Ryan C. Berg, PhD
Senior Fellow, Americas Program
Center for Strategic and International Studies