Racism is very characteristic of imperialism and capitalism. Hate against me has a lot to do with racism. Because of my big mouth and curly hair. And I'm so proud to have this mouth and this hair, because it is African.

What you want is one thing, and what you cannot really obtain is another.

Even socialist dictators have an interest in gorgeous supermodels.

In the United States, the government is bailing out banks, intervening in the economy, yet in Latin America, the Right continues to talk about 'free markets.' It's totally outdated; they don't have arguments; they don't have any sense.

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.

The grand destroyer of the world, and the greatest threat... is represented by U.S. imperialism.

The United States is like Count Dracula who at six o'clock in the morning has not sucked [any necks].