I wish Obama would focus on governing the United States and would forget his country's imperialist pretensions.

Some people point to me as the cause of all society's problems, others as if I am the benefactor, responsible for everything good, but I am neither the former nor the latter. I am but a man in particular circumstances, and the most beautiful part is that an individual human life is capable of contributing to the growth, the awakening of the collective strength. That is what matters!

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

Long live the Unity of Latin America.

I'm a reading addict. I can't live without it, like someone who is addicted to drugs.

We also exchange oil for software technology. Uruguay is one of the biggest producers of software. We are breaking with the neoliberal model. We do not believe in free trade. We believe in fair trade and exchange, not competition but cooperation. I'm not giving away oil for free. Just using oil, first to benefit our people, to relieve poverty.

The ones who close the path for peacefull revolution, at the same time open the path for violent revolution.