What hurts me most is poverty, and that's what led me to become a rebel.

The only way to save the world is through socialism, but a socialism that exists within a democracy; there's no dictatorship here.

Venezuelan interests are to be defended by Venezuela. The U.S. should defend the interests of the U.S. Where are the U.S. people, where are the intellectuals, who could put limits on their government?

For us Catholics, John Paul II will be remembered as a traveling Pope ... and we should also remember he preached world peace. When the United States invaded Iraq, for example, John Paul II said it was an illegal and immoral act.

I wish we could begin a new period of normal relations with the government of the United States.

Let's save the human race, let's finish off the U.S. empire.

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