U.S. policy

In anticipation of President Bush’s planned trip in March to Latin America, Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns made some statements about U.S. policy.

"You will find our government is very ecumenical. We deal with left governments, center governments, right governments," he said. As for "the far-left radical governments of Cuba and Venezuela ... that's another matter."

Translation: “We deal with all governments that agree with us. As for governments that openly criticize our policies…that’s another matter. Those we try to overthrow.”