Roger Noriega Quotes

We urge [the peacekeepers] to seize the initiative, respond to this wave of criminality and be more proactive to dissuade violence. - Roger Noriega

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. - Roger Noriega

There would be a resignation to do business. I think we'd have normal relations, certainly nothing particularly warm. - Roger Noriega

The United States has long stood for expansion of global trade and consolidating democracy. - Roger Noriega

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. - Roger Noriega

It is clear that [the election authorities] have to undertake some practical steps in an urgent way to organize the way they work and make decisions to [register] a preponderance of the voters by mid-August. - Roger Noriega

If there were this kind of judicial mugging of president Bolanos I think that the (inter-American) community would respond very, very forcibly. - Roger Noriega

He's regarded as a reasonable guy and I think he is prepared to reach across to the opposition. - Roger Noriega

China's intensified interest in the Western Hemisphere does not imply a lack of focus by the United States. - Roger Noriega

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