I think developed countries - so-called developed countries - should reflect upon the way of living and the waste of energy.

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.

I love books. If they are good books, I love them even more. But even if they are bad books, I still love them.

Mr. Bush is an illegitimate President. In Florida, his brother Jeb deleted many black voters from the electoral registers. So this President is the result of a fraud.

I do wish that the IMF and the World Bank would disappear soon.

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.

If the climate were a bank, they would already have saved it.