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" I was born in the poor countryside. I was raised in the countryside, planting corn and selling sweets made by my grandmother. "
Hugo Chavez
Born
Corn
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" There is no doubt whatsoever that the U.S. government, lead by Mr. Bush, planned and participated in a coup d'etat in Venezuela in April, 2002. "
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" In my opinion, Obama can become one of the biggest frustrations in the history for many people, not for me, but for the people of the United States that voted for him and saw him as a symbol of hope for change. "
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" There's been an open attack by the U.S. government, an immoral attack, to try and prevent Venezuela from being freely elected to a post in the Security Council. The imperium is afraid of truth, is afraid of independent voices. It calls us extremists, but they are the extremists. "
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" Noam Chomsky has a book, which I read for the first time when I was in Spain, called 'Fear of Democracy'. There is your answer. Fear of democracy. In Honduras, they had a sham democracy. It was run by elites, what was called a liberal democracy, but in reality was a false democracy. "
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" I was an altar boy. My mother wanted me to be a priest. I am very Christian and Catholic. ... I'm very faithful. I believe in God, in Jesus Christ. "
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" We're not perfect, but we do have democracy. "
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" Our voice is an independent voice to represent the dignity and the search for peace and the reformulation of the international system; to denounce persecution and aggression of hegemonistic forces on the planet. This is how Venezuela has presented itself. Bolivar's home has sought a nonpermanent seat on the Security Council. "
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" In the United States, the government is bailing out banks, intervening in the economy, yet in Latin America, the Right continues to talk about 'free markets.' It's totally outdated; they don't have arguments; they don't have any sense. "
Hugo Chavez
Right
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" The immoral veto of the United States allowed the Israelis, with impunity, to destroy Lebanon. Right in front of all of us as we stood there watching, a resolution in the council was prevented. "
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Destroy
Resolution
Right
" Venezuela has changed forever. "
Hugo Chavez
Changed
Venezuela
Forever
" What is the U.S. government looking for? And the elite governing this country? They're looking for oil. "
Hugo Chavez
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Country
Government
" Racism is very characteristic of imperialism. Racism is very characteristic of capitalism. "
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" I think developed countries - so-called developed countries - should reflect upon the way of living and the waste of energy. "
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Living
Way
" The president of the United States of North America, George W. Bush, the little gentleman of the North, the political cadaver that is visiting South America, that little gentleman is the president of all the history of the United States, and in the history of the United States, he has the lowest level of approval in his own country. "
Hugo Chavez
Gentleman
America
History
" I wish we could begin a new period of normal relations with the government of the United States. "
Hugo Chavez
Wish
I Wish
Government
" The only way to save the world is through socialism, but a socialism that exists within a democracy; there's no dictatorship here. "
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Socialism
Way
Democracy
" I hereby accuse the North American empire of being the biggest menace to our planet. "
Hugo Chavez
American
Planet
Empire
" The media has for us a fundamental priority because it is a weapon for the ideological struggle and a weapon to express to the people the hope that we all have. "
Hugo Chavez
People
Struggle
Hope
" I think the United States and the secretary of State should be concerned about the poverty in this country - people without health insurance. The United States should stop being the empire and be concerned about other countries. You've got to be more worried about your own people. "
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Health
You
Think
" Castro has been a teacher for me. A master. Not on ideology but on strategy. "
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Master
Ideology
Me
" When we were children, we were told that we have a motherland, and that motherland was Spain. However, we have discovered later, in our lives, that as a matter of fact, we have several motherlands. And one of the greatest motherlands of all is, no doubt, Africa. "
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" The world needs a true leader, an Obama that promotes peace and understanding in the world. "
Hugo Chavez
World
Understanding
Peace
" 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. "
Hugo Chavez
Lifestyle
Change
Capitalism
" Artists are never wrong when they paint revolution with the beautiful dress and with the sword. On the horse or by foot. Because revolution is a woman. "
Hugo Chavez
Beautiful
Dress
Revolution
" Convinced as I am and as I am from my government that the world needs a new moral architecture over all I believe that this should be the first topic to debate in our world of today, ethics, moral. "
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Ethics
Architecture
World
" We must reduce the emissions 100 percent. In Venezuela, the emissions are currently insignificant compared to the emissions of the developed countries. "
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Insignificant
Must
" I remember. How many minutes do I have left President? About one, one minute. "
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Minute
How
Remember
" The U.S. people have a major role to play to solve, to save this planet. "
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Role
People
Planet
" I am a President held prisoner, that I haven't resigned and I will not resign. "
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Will
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Prisoner
" Capitalism is destroying the world. "
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