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!

I am a President held prisoner, that I haven't resigned and I will not resign.

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

Mutual respect! That's what it takes to be friends.

I'm a Christian. I want the world of justice and equality. This is the only way to achieve peace.

Capitalism is the way of the devil and exploitation. If you really want to look at things through the eyes of Jesus Christ -- who I think was the first socialist -- only socialism can really create a genuine society.

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