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.

Capitalism is destroying Mother Earth, and to destroy Mother Earth is to destroy humanity.

The way I see it, it's impossible to change things without encountering resistance.

I am sure of the fact that Fidel and Chávez are commanders of the forces of freedom in America, to liberate America and the world.

We can pay the ecological debt by changing economic models, and by giving up luxury consumption, setting aside selfishness and individualism, and thinking about the people and the planet Earth.

We nationalize hydrocarbons, so now the economy is improving and the fight against poverty is also improving in Bolivia.

I don't accept armed struggle. Maybe it was the way in the '50s and '60s, but we want a democratic revolution.