I do wish that the IMF and the World Bank would disappear soon. Hugo Chavez More Quotes by Hugo Chavez More Quotes From Hugo Chavez What they have implanted here, which is really a 'gringo' custom, is terrorism. They disguise children as witches and wizards, that is contrary to our culture. Hugo Chavez wizards culture children 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. Hugo Chavez running book reality 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. Hugo Chavez christian mother jesus I wish we could begin a new period of normal relations with the government of the United States. Hugo Chavez united-states government wish It doesn't smell of sulphur any more. No, it smells of something else. It smells of hope, and you have to have hope in your heart. Hugo Chavez having-hope smell heart I was a farm kid from the plains of South Venezuela, from a very poor family. I grew up in a palm tree house with an earthen floor. Hugo Chavez house tree kids I love Jesus Christ. I am a Christian... I cry when I see injustice, children dying of hunger. Hugo Chavez christian children jesus I don't want to die. Please don't let me die. Hugo Chavez let-me please want The world should forget about cheap oil. The price will keep going up and some day arrive at US$100 per barrel. Hugo Chavez oil forget world That man, the king of vacations... the king of vacations in his ranch said nothing but, you have to flee, and didn't say how... that cowboy, the cowboy mentality. Hugo Chavez cowboy kings men Knowing English is important, but for us Venezuelans I think it would also be important to know Portuguese. For that reason, we should evaluate the possibility of it being taught in our schools. Hugo Chavez knowing school thinking Peoples of the Americas are rising once again, saying no to imperialism, saying no to fascism, saying no to intervention - and saying no to death. Hugo Chavez saying-no imperialism rising 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. Hugo Chavez united-states iraq catholic For a hundred years we have been one of the largest oil-producing countries in the world but with a 60 percent poverty rate and now we are canceling the historical debt. Hugo Chavez oil country years The government of the United States doesn't want peace. It wants to exploit its system of exploitation, of pillage, of hegemony through war. It wants peace, but what's happening in Iraq? What happened in Lebanon? Palestine? What's happening? What's happened over the last hundred years in Latin America and in the world? Hugo Chavez government war peace world 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. Hugo Chavez africa matter doubt children Simon Bolivar turned over all of his land. He freed all of his slaves, and he turned them into soldiers, and he brought them here. He brought them to Peru and Carabobo, and he worked together with the troops of San Martin to liberate this continent. That is Simon Bolivar. Hugo Chavez soldiers here land together I even believed in a third way; I thought it was possible to put a human face on capitalism. But I was wrong. The only way to save the world is through socialism, but a socialism that exists within a democracy; there's no dictatorship here. Hugo Chavez face capitalism democracy world I have said it already, I am convinced that the way to build a new and better world is not capitalism. Capitalism leads us straight to hell. Hugo Chavez i-am better hell world Don't be shameless, Mr Blair. Don't be immoral, Mr Blair. You are one of those who have no morals. You are not one who has the right to criticise anyone about the rules of the international community. Hugo Chavez morals rules you community
