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.
Hugo ChavezOil is a very valuable resource for life - electric heaters. We must have to transition ourselves to a post-oil era. And that's what we must discuss: searching and developing new sources of energy. And that requires scientific research. That requires investment. And the developed countries must be the ones to assume this responsibility first.
Hugo ChavezIf you get up at three in the morning to go to the bathroom, man, why you have to turn on that little light? Put the torch there on the nightstand.
Hugo ChavezI love Jesus Christ. I am a Christian... I cry when I see injustice, children dying of hunger.
Hugo ChavezI am convinced that the path to a new, better and possible world is not capitalism, the path is socialism.
Hugo Chavez