Chile is not a rich country in terms of gas, or oil or coal, but we are extremely rich in terms of the energies of the future.

I grew up middle class. My father was a public functionary who didn't leave an inheritance, just debts.

To have a stable economy, to have a stable democracy, and to have a modern government is not enough. We have to build new pillars of development. Education, science and technology, innovation and entrepreneurship, and more equality.

I deeply believe that marriage is by nature between a man and a woman, but that conviction does not prevent me from recognising that other forms of affective relationships exist.

Life is tough - and you have to be tougher than life to change the world.

You will never solve the American problems just by printing money.

I'm a person with a lot of affection for adventure - I scuba dive, skydive, fly helicopters.