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

There are countries that send us garbage. There are countries that send us their outdated technology as their cooperation. With Fidel [Castro] it is totally different. Fidel is the first and the best one to stand for peace in the world denouncing the interventionist policies of the U.S.

We can not have equilibrium in this world with the current inequality and destruction of Mother Earth. Capitalism is what is causing this problem and it needs to end.

I don't debate with liars.

If governments do not ensure that, the peoples through their own efforts will ensure these changes, what we call communitarian socialism.

70 to 80 percent of country economy is controlled by the Bolivian state, and the other percentage by the private sector. We admit that it's legal, constitutional, that the private sector is entitled to its own economy, but to ensure these profound changes that clearly this government is promoting, including profound changes in the food industry, what we are doing is an important step.

Israel does not respect the principles or purposes of the United Nations charter nor the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.