William Brownfield
William Brownfield
William R. Brownfieldis a Career Ambassador in the United States Foreign Service and the current Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs as of January 10, 2011. He has previously served as U.S. Ambassador to Chile, Venezuela, and Colombia...
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We are looking forward to meeting with them again on Monday to discuss a full range of migration-related events.
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It is not appropriate, and in fact it is probably inappropriate issue for a foreign government to discuss at this time,
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What the government of Venezuela has offered the United States in response to the disaster, the catastrophe of Hurricane Katrina, is a generous offer, ... When we are talking about one-to-five million dollars, that is real money. I want to recognize that and say, 'thank you.'
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The problem between Venezuela and the United States has been solved.
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Differences between the two governments exist, ... (But) there are areas of interest for the two countries in which we should collaborate.
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Most of them, almost 100 percent, are young between 18 and 19 years old and they decided that the security issue was a little complicated,
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I think our two governments have resolved, at least for the moment, the civil aviation problem. We have reached an agreement, the FAA is sending a technical team here to Venezuela.
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obligation to respect the contracts that it has already signed and voluntarily entered into.
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What is happening will have an impact on the commercial decisions of private companies, not only those from the United States, but all the countries of the world,
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there is only one group that wins, and that group is the drug traffickers.
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We owe it to our own citizens to ensure that we have contingency plans, should such a reduction or interruption come to pass, ... But let me say that this would be an illogical act on the part of the government of Venezuela. Venezuela and the U.S. are natural partners in oil, for simple, common sense geographic reasons.
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What's most important is to think about the interests and the well-being of the indigenous communities here and what best represents their interests, ... I am still hoping for direct dialogue between the mission and the government to resolve these differences.
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Venezuela and the U.S. are natural commercial partners, and this will not change.
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We are in dialogue on some specific points, ... Eventually we are going to arrive at a point at which it can be said these are the points we can resolve at a working level, a technical level.