00:00Meanwhile in Venezuela, the President of the National Assembly, Jorge Rodriguez,
00:03emphasizes in a recent interview that it is the government that makes the nation's sovereign decisions.
00:13And I say this with absolute certainty, because I'm the one in charge of political dialogue on behalf of chabism.
00:21Nothing, so far, not once, have they told us.
00:24On such a day, you must do this, or on another day, you must do that, not once, not a
00:31single time.
00:32Not a single U.S. official has told us, look, pass, such a such law, such a such day,
00:39because besides, that will violate this Constitution, and of course, there can be suggestions, and there has been,
00:47and we have no qualms about that, not just from the U.S. companies, for example, Repsol,
00:53sent its suggestions for hydrocarbons law, and we read them.
00:57Some of the things they say were right, and no one is going to come and invest their money
01:02if they don't have sufficient guarantee on a solid legal, economic, and financial foundation
01:08to bring their money here.
01:10That's unthinkable.
01:11So we realized that we are lagging behind all other oil and gas producers in the world
01:16when it came to attracting foreign investments.
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