If he said that, he’s an idiot, … They can do whatever they want here, say whatever they want, including stupidities. Today, I’m not in a diplomatic mood.

If we can sell gasoline to China, India and Latin America, as we have been doing, we will not have a problem.

Posada participated in terrorist activities in different countries throughout the region, in Central America and elsewhere, with the support of the North American government, … The Bush administration is guilty of a double standard on...

There is a legal measure in the United States that condemns and punishes statements of this nature,

They have taken a decision as vile and sinister as the actual act of terrorism. Once more the U.S. government has been unmasked as a farce in the war on terrorism,

The ball is in the U.S. court now,

We cannot only apply the Western vision of democracy. We cannot be judges of OPEC members … We won’t do anything to harm OPEC unity,

It’s never enough, given the magnitude of the tragedy, solidarity is never enough,

I don’t see why the United States has to get involved in this issue, … It is a decision involving the sovereignty of Venezuela.

Some low-ranking officers were passing information to the Pentagon . . . handing over secrets of the state.

Before, they were openly calling for Chavez’s overthrow. Now, the call is to assassinate him,

We need international help,

The Venezuelan government has confidential information, properly verified, that officials of the U.S. military mission are involved in that act.

There are bodies in the sea, bodies buried under mud, bodies everywhere, … won’t be less than 10,000 dead.

The Democratic Action party has withdrawn from the elections, very good! They can go to hell!

When did we say that?

President Chavez is free to travel the world, … This is a sovereign act by a chief of state of a sovereign nation.

The opposition says this election isn’t clean. It’s the cleanest in Venezuela’s history, but they have interests opposed to the National Elections Council, … The Democratic Action party has withdrawn from the elections. Very good!...

This puts in its place the argument the U.S. government has tried to use against Chavez that he meddles in the affairs of other countries,

[Venezuela, OPEC’s sole South American member,] cannot only apply the Western vision of democracy, … We cannot be judges of OPEC members … We won’t do anything to harm OPEC unity.

the best relations with the United States.

These U.S. commentators are not White House officials, or State Department officials, but from the Defense Department, and from the intelligence services.

What is the US government going to do regarding this criminal statement? The ball is in the US’ court,

The ball is in the U.S. court … after this criminal statement by a citizen of that country,

There is a veiled threat from the U.S. authorities to ban Venezuelan oil.

The ball is in the U.S. court after this criminal statement by a citizen of that country, … It’s huge hypocrisy to maintain this discourse against terrorism and at the same time, in the heart...

The Venezuelan government … will proceed quickly, with responsibility, but firmly to reciprocate in the cases of U.S. citizens who travel to our country,

I think it’s strange that such a pragmatic country … is reacting this way to a perfectly serious and responsible decision by the Venezuelan government.

And is Saudi Arabia a democracy, or Kuwait?