I shook Obama's hand and I said, 'I want to be your friend.' My hand is still outstretched. I am not Obama's enemy, but it's difficult not see imperialism in Washington. Those who don't see it don't want to see it, like the ostrich.

Uruguay is one of the biggest producers of software. We are breaking with the neoliberal model. We do not believe in free trade.

For a hundred years we have been one of the largest oil-producing countries in the world but with a 60 percent poverty rate and now we are canceling the historical debt.

Venezuela has changed forever, there is no turning back.

I hereby accuse the North American empire of being the biggest menace to our planet.

I am convinced that the path to a new, better and possible world is not capitalism, the path is socialism.

We must reduce all the emissions that are destroying the planet. However, that requires a change in lifestyle, a change in the economic model: We must go from capitalism to socialism.