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

Economic and financial crisis are getting much more usual, and they are not confined to a given country but they immediately spread all over the world, and you have to be prepared for that.

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

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

Chile isn't the biggest, richest or most powerful country in the world, but we should dedicate ourselves to transforming it into the best country in the world. We don't have a single minute to lose.

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

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.