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Referencing statements by Carter-era officials and the Financial Times, it argues that official friendship claims carry limited meaning, then discusses allied grading systems for human-rights violations and differing legal and bureaucratic 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Standing Committee of the MexicanCongress,cautioned President Carter that'the struggle on behalf of human rightsshould never under any pretext be used toalter or influence the principle of non-intervention.'\"  \n...United Press International.  \n\"We are not going to take the heat forthe repressive practices of any govern-ment...We just plug along,working withthe government,and with people outsidethe government.\"  \n...U.S.Assistant Secretary ofState for Human Rights,December 24,1978.  \n\"In Latin America,President Carter said,his stress on human rights had meant somerealignment in traditional alliances.\"...The Financial Times(London).  \nLast week a new blast against the government of Colombia by a leftistISorganization in which Carter Administration officials have participatedINTERVENTIONas senior advisers brought the State Department closer to a decisionAHEAD?as to its readiness to intervene in internal situations in Latin AmericaCOLOMBIA ANDfor reasons of human rights behavior inconsistent with the U.S.judgmentMEXICO?of appropriate action.  \nThe criticism of Colombia,which ended with an insistence that Colombia'sdemocracy must be preserved AT ALL COSTS(repeat AT ALL COSTS),followed a parallel blastat the Mexican government protesting rampant political repression,flagrant violationstranscending political and economic considerations.  \nAnd more importantly the criticism of Colombia followed release by theState Department of an unusual criticism of the Mexican government citing \"substantia1\"accusations of \"human rights abuses connected with anti-terrorism or political opposition.\"  \nWhen,on Meet the Press(TV),the Assistant Secretary of State,who hadbeen traveling the hemisphere to consult with opposition leaders as to what the U.S.might do against governments alleged to be violating U.S.human rights standards,saidthat \"I don't know why everybody is so anxious for us to get up and publicly read alist of every country that has human rights violations,\"a reporter quietly responded:\"But you do it regularly.\"  \nGiven President Carter's happy finding that \"our friendships in LatinAmerica have changed\"and that our \"stress on human rights meant some realignment oftraditional alliances,\"the Latin Americans -and particularly Colombia and Mexico -have been given clear warning as to how meaningless any profession of friendship bythe United States really is,the more so since the Assistant Secretary of State warnedthat we wil1 not \"trade\"for human rights corrections,that \"we are not buying betterhuman rights or trading for it.\"  \nA weckly letter for barimessmen publisbnd priesely m Wasbington,D.C.  \nThis is not to say that a shift in U.S.policy to a posture consistentSHIFT TO THEwith what the Mexican congressional leader urged on President CarterMEXICANis in prospect.Nor to a posture more nearly consistent with the BritishCAUTION?policy.Indeed,at the joint meeting of U.S.government officials theBritish seemed if anything to be coming over to the U.S.position.  \nThe American Association for the International Commission of Juristsreported the findings of that joint group in this manner:  \n(1)The United Kingdom has also established an assessment system mea-GRADINGsuring human rights violations in each country and grading each countryEACHwith a mark of one to ten.  \n# COUNTRY\n\nUnlike the United States,however,the British do not make public thegrades accorded them.  \nAlso,the British grading system excludes socio-economic criteria whilethe United States theoretically includes them,at least to some extent.  \nThe participants in the joint meeting decided that the British shouldalso make their grades public in order to make more impact internally in each \"offending\"country.  \n(2)The British,like the United States,in considering courses ofDECIDINGaction to take against countries \"offending\"their standards,range fromHOW TOa","cbCaid9HprSgc4NI","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaid9HprSgc4NI","pdf",1214586,"English","# Hanson’s letter: context and warnings\n## Quotations on human rights and non-intervention\n## Colombia and Mexico criticism\n## Debate over U.S. intervention posture\n# U.S. vs. UK human-rights “grading” systems\n## Public disclosure and grading criteria\n## Diplomatic and sanctions options\n## Multilateral aid and veto influence\n## Bureaucratic structure and policy implementation","[{\"question\":\"What central issue does the letter raise about U.S. human-rights statements?\",\"answer\":\"It questions whether the U.S. uses human-rights claims to alter principles of non-intervention and how those claims translate into concrete action.\"},{\"question\":\"Which countries does the letter emphasize and why?\",\"answer\":\"It emphasizes Colombia and Mexico, describing parallel criticism tied to political repression and alleged human-rights abuses connected with anti-terrorism or political opposition.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the letter describe the U.S. and UK approaches to assessing 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