Roger Noriega
Roger Noriega
Roger Francisco Noriegais a Mexican-American, visiting fellow at the conservative think tank American Enterprise Institute. He has served as a U.S. diplomat and policy maker, specializing in Western Hemisphere Affairs. He was ranked one of "Newsmax's 50 Most Influential Latino Republicans" in 2016...
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It's his relationship with Aristide that is going to prove to be the trickiest one. He can treat Aristide's return as a priority or the recovering of the country as a priority, but he cannot do both.
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The United States has long stood for expansion of global trade and consolidating democracy.
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There would be a resignation to do business. I think we'd have normal relations, certainly nothing particularly warm.
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If there were this kind of judicial mugging of president Bolanos I think that the (inter-American) community would respond very, very forcibly.
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China's intensified interest in the Western Hemisphere does not imply a lack of focus by the United States,
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We accept the offer in the spirit in which it's been offered, but I don't really see it as any kind of dramatic change. I think it's in part a public relations effort on his part. But we have to take in the context as part of a cycle where some positive things are said, and then some negative, unhelpful things are said. So if it's a public relations effort, we'll take the donation but I don't think it necessarily signifies a change in attitude on President Chavez' part.
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There'll be a will in the inter-American community to isolate Nicaragua politically and economically if there were this sort of power grab against the elected president of the country by elements of Nicaragua that are behaving very, very irresponsibly, that have put the personal interests of a couple of leaders ahead of the national interest.
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He's regarded as a reasonable guy and I think he is prepared to reach across to the opposition.