Robert Gelbard Quotations

The government in the first instance ... needs to take the initiative to increase confidence and lower tensions and initiate dialogue as a way of restoring confidence and ending what is turning into a dramatically worrisome cycle of violence and more violence.

We are showing the parties that if they don't comply from now on there will be penalties and we'll make sure they are carried out.

The expectations clearly will be that there will be much more room for maneuver on the part not just of the coca farmers, but on the part of trafficking organizations.