Revolutions are not exportable: revolutions are created by oppressive conditions which Latin American countries exercise against their peoples.

A smoke in times of rest is a great companion to the solitary soldier.

What we consider is that the Venezuelan government is not a leftist government, has nothing of a leftist government. It is an oppressor, an oppressive government, it is a murderer - he murders them - the peasant fights in the region of Falcon, for example, where there are military advisers of the U.S.

We have taken plants from the capitalist system where the most important thing was to produce, especially in Cuba.

We will not accept any conditions from the U.S.

I think harmonious relations with the U.S. would be very good for us from the economical point of view, more than in any other field, because all our industry has been established by the U.S. and primary products and repair parts that we have to make with much difficulty or to bring from other areas could come directly. And besides, sugar, which traditionally we had the American market is also near.

It is an illusion to think that the matter can be resolved through words.