U.S. report slams Cuba, Venezuela and Haiti
The State Department’s annual human rights report Wednesday skewered Cuba and Venezuela for cracking down on dissidents, and it admonished Colombia and Haiti’s interim government for allowing abusers to go free. Documenting in exhaustive detail human rights issues in 196 countries, not including the United States, the report’s introduction focused largely on the Middle East, Eastern Europe, East Asia and Africa. Full Story