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.

Even socialist dictators have an interest in gorgeous supermodels.

I was a farm kid from the plains of South Venezuela, from a very poor family. I grew up in a palm tree house with an earthen floor.

Venezuela has changed forever, there is no turning back.

Uruguay is one of the biggest producers of software. We are breaking with the neoliberal model. We do not believe in free trade.

We want to be brothers and sisters. We want respect and equality. Simon Bolivar, our father, said a balanced world - a universe - a balanced universe in order to have peace and development.

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