[In Bolivia] We want to overcome our historical problems with Chile. The sea has divided us and the sea must bring us back together again.

In this new millennium it is more important to defend the rights of the Mother Earth to guarantee human rights.

Friends, we have now won....I say to Aymaras, Quechuas, Chiquitaos, and Guaranis: for the first time we are going to be presidents. And I want to say to businesses, intellectual professionals, and artists: do not abandon us.

I have no regrets - in fact, I am pleased to have expelled the US ambassador, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and to have closed the US military base in Bolivia. Now, without a US ambassador, there is less conspiracy, and more political stability and social stability. Without the International Monetary Fund, we are better off economically.

When the United States was in control of counternarcotics, the US governments used drug trafficking for purely geopolitical purposes .... The US uses drug trafficking and terrorism for political control .... We have nationalised the fight against drug trafficking.

Geopolitical interests are behind the so-called war on drugs and terrorism.

We stand for global security and so we take care of everyone's life.