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The Government of Antigua and Barbuda has written to the U.S. State Department, through its Embassy in Washington, pointing out “glaring misrepresentations” in the Department\u2019s 2017 Human Rights Report as it relates to Antigua and Barbuda.<\/p>

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The Government informs that, \u201cwhile it is not normal to release the content of its diplomatic communications with other governments, the State Department has publicly released its comments on Antigua and Barbuda and posted its report on the Internet\u201d.\u00a0 Therefore, the Government has to publish its response, \u201clest not controverting them is construed as acceptance\u201d.<\/p>\n

In a section of the report concerning investigations into the Brazilian firm, Odebrecht, the US report cited \u201cmedia outlets\u201d as reporting that \u201crepresentatives of\u00a0 Odebrecht, a Brazilian international company, allegedly bribed the prime minister through an ambassador not to cooperate with Brazilian authorities in the Car Wash bribery investigation underway in Brazil\u201d.<\/p>

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In its response, the Government pointed out that while an employee of the Brazilian firm, Odebrecht, himself charged with wrong-doing and giving self-serving evidence in a U.S. Court, claimed that he paid a bribe to a consular officer from Antigua and to a high-level government official in Antigua to withhold documents from Brazilian authorities who were investigating Odebrecht, the US State Department had information that discredited that claim.<\/p>

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\u201cWhat is true and verifiable\u201d, the Government said, \u201cis that the Antigua and Barbuda authorities had been helping the Brazilian authorities with their investigation six months before the alleged bribery is said to have occurred, and the Brazilian law enforcement agencies officially complimented the Government of Antigua and Barbuda for its assistance\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy withholding this information and crediting the allegations to unidentified and amorphous \u201cmedia outlets\u201d, the US Report distorts truth, tarnishes the reputation of the Prime Minister and misleads its audience, especially the members of the U.S. Congress for whom the Report is supposed to be intended\u201d, the Government continued.<\/p>

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The Government also pointed out that: \u201cIt is also untrue that \u201cseveral media outlets\u201d reported that representatives of Odebrecht, \u201callegedly bribed the prime minister through an ambassador not to cooperate with Brazilian authorities in the Car Wash bribery investigation underway in Brazil\u201d.\u00a0 This is either a deliberate misrepresentation by the authors of the 2017 Report or extremely loose writing, unworthy of the U.S. State Department.\u00a0 In either case, the entire passage is false and damaging and warrants an apology at the very least\u201d.<\/p>\n

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The Government has sent the full content of its Diplomatic Note to the State Department to the members of the US Congress in both the House of Representatives and the Senate who are concerned with oversight of US foreign relations. (ends)<\/p>\n

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