Venezuelan interests are to be defended by Venezuela. The U.S. should defend the interests of the U.S. Where are the U.S. people, where are the intellectuals, who could put limits on their government?

We must confront the privileged elite who have destroyed a large part of the world.

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

Let's save the human race, let's finish off the U.S. empire.

What would happen if we financed somebody in the U.S. to destabilize the government of George W. Bush? They would go to prison, certainly.

What hurts me most is poverty, and that's what led me to become a rebel.

Latin Americans have gotten tired of the Washington consensus - a neoliberalism that has aggravated misery and poverty.