Ali Rodriguez Quotes (17 Quotes)

There has been an underhanded condemnation, not a condemnation as such, ... Doubt is still in the air over what is the U.S. government's official position.

At last, our oil workers can work without the constant pressure of these (political) campaigns.

If there are problems in the Asian economy, and there are already in the Japanese economy, the fall in (oil) prices could be more serious than we thought,

We are very optimistic of the possibility of arriving at a final agreement... I believe this week we will arrive at some concrete results,

The OPEC secretary general informed me officially yesterday that there was no idea by any country to raise output unilaterally, ... We all continue to share what has been a longstanding practice in OPEC to take decisions unanimously and after consultation.

This process is a clear violation of the most basic elements governing democratic processes,

The immediate return of ambassador Vladimir Villegas has been ordered,

There is no problem with crude supply. Prices do not depend exclusively on OPEC,

draws even more attention.

Venezuela rejects as an unjustified attack the ultimatum issued by the government of Mexico, ... This situation is entirely the responsibility of President Fox.

It's very strange that the US government, which has constantly made very severe statements about terrorism, hasn't had precisely the same strength to speak out on this delicate issue.

It would appear that in their subconscious what they are condemning is imprudence and not the call for assassination.

For the oil industry, this event (the referendum) will contribute to stabilization,

Problems are solved by talking. They took the initiative now they should solve the problem and we'll try to help them,

If there is no agreement to withdraw two million barrels per day from the market there will be a serious problem because when prices fall, the reaction of many producers is to increase production to compensate and that ends up flooding the market,

The president is going to receive more of a disaster than a crisis.

If anyone in the world had a doubt ... that sectors of the U. S. government have been planning President Hugo Chavez's assassination, those doubts surely have been cleared up through the criminal act by a personality very close to President George W. Bush, who has a lot of influence in the current U. S. administration,