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.

What you want is one thing, and what you cannot really obtain is another.

I'm a reading addict. I can't live without it, like someone who is addicted to drugs.

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

Venezuela is a free country, and we will not be blackmailed by anyone. We will not accept being told what to do over Iran; we will not accept being anyone's colony.

We must reduce all the emissions that are destroying the planet. However, that requires a change in lifestyle, a change in the economic model: We must go from capitalism to socialism.

Venezuela has changed forever, there is no turning back.