The Washington Times, February 2nd, 2005
Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES Cuba's rise to the so-called action panel of the U.N. Human Rights Commission does not besmirch the U.N. body much. After all, the panel has long been discredited by the serial human-rights violators that stand among its 53 members. Cuba's appointment does reflect poorly, though, on Latin American leadership and U.S. diplomacy. Eleven Latin American countries on the U.N. Human Rights Commission (Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru) chose Cuba as their regional representative. Thi...
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