When you're in prison, you either embrace religion or you reject it. I embraced it it was a very spiritual time for me.

Venezuelans are tired of 14 years of promises and no results. The only things growing are inflation, murder and crime. The good indicators - production, education and jobs - are all falling.

The country is in the worst conditions ever in its history. It's unjustifiable that in a country with the largest petroleum reserves on the planet, 70% of the food we eat is imported ... that there are 700,000 families in extreme poverty who go to bed hungry every night.

We will give Venezuelans living abroad reasons to return home. This country needs many qualified people, a lot of manpower - people willing to bet on a better future. We need the help of all Venezuelans.

How have relations with Iran and Belarus benefited Venezuela? We are interested in countries that have democracies, that respect human rights, that we have an affinity with. What affinity do we have with Iran?

The best university is the university of life.

When you're in prison, you either embrace religion or you reject it. I embraced it it was a very spiritual time for me.