Below you will find excerpts from a US State Department press release entitled "Democracy Advancing Worldwide Despite Recent 'Pushback' - State’s Negroponte, Lowenkron discuss human rights promotion". Any emphasis where provided is solely mine.
*Offer void in Guantanamo and selected other secret locations known only to the Fourth Branch.
** IE the definitions of the words "human" and "rights" being relative
People living under tyranny around the world should know the United States remains committed to helping them secure their basic human rights*, says Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte....Speaking at a conference for State Department human rights and labor officers, Negroponte lamented the 'disastrous consequences' when 'fragile states become failed states.' In an era marked by the global terrorism threat, the United States must do its best to support the rule of law, good governance and democratic development, said Negroponte...Negroponte singled out Latin America for its 'almost spectacular transformation' in a generation, from being dominated by military dictatorships to a region now predominately democratic.
Negroponte said the United States must tailor its support for human rights and democracy to the challenges particular to individual countries and regions**.
*Offer void in Guantanamo and selected other secret locations known only to the Fourth Branch.
** IE the definitions of the words "human" and "rights" being relative
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