The selection of a Republican candidate for the presidency of this globalized and expansive empire is - and I mean this seriously - the greatest competition of idiocy and ignorance that has ever been.

I would not vote for the mayor. It's not just because he didn't invite me to dinner, but because on my way into town from the airport there were such enormous potholes.

There is talk of the failure of socialism, and where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia, and in Latin America?

Sovereignty is not negotiated in exchange for anything; to maintain the achievements of the revolution does not depend on a foreign power.

In the Third World, there are 1.3 billion poor people. In other words, one out of every three inhabitants lives in poverty.

We do not deny the possibility of peaceful [political] transition, but we are still awaiting the first case.

No thieves, no traitors, no interventionists! This time the revolution is for real!