Hugo Chavez
Hugo Chavez
Hugo Rafael Chávez Fríaswas a Venezuelan politician who served as the 64th President of Venezuela from 1999 to 2013. He was also leader of the Fifth Republic Movement from its foundation in 1997 until 2007, when it merged with several other parties to form the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, which he led until 2012...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth28 July 1954
CitySabaneta, Venezuela
country responsibility oil
Oil is a very valuable resource for life - electric heaters. We must have to transition ourselves to a post-oil era. And that's what we must discuss: searching and developing new sources of energy. And that requires scientific research. That requires investment. And the developed countries must be the ones to assume this responsibility first.
jobs rights democracy
I would like to invite the citizens of Great Britain and the citizens of the U.S. and the citizens of the world to come here and walk freely through the streets of Venezuela, to talk to anyone they want, to watch television, to read the papers. We are building a true democracy, with human rights for everyone, social rights, education, health care, pensions, social security, and jobs.
painter wanted
I painted. I wanted to be a painter. I sang.
economic-models socialism lifestyle
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.
world imperialism threat
The grand destroyer of the world, and the greatest threat ... is represented by U.S. imperialism.
dog people president
It makes one sad to see the sell-out of President Fox, really it makes one sad. How sad that the president of a people like the Mexicans lets himself become the puppy dog of the empire.
democracy cuba revolutionary
But Cuba doesn't have a dictatorship it's a revolutionary democracy.
lying world said
It's a lie! I am not an anti-Semite. The World Jewish Congress supported me and said that I am not anti-Semitic.
gorgeous dictator socialist
Even socialist dictators have an interest in gorgeous supermodels.
hands ostriches enemy
I shook Obama's hand and I said, 'I want to be your friend.' My hand is still outstretched. I am not Obama's enemy, but it's difficult not see imperialism in Washington. Those who don't see it don't want to see it, like the ostrich.
country thinking way
I think developed countries - so-called developed countries - should reflect upon the way of living and the waste of energy.
latin government america
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.
climate ifs saved
If the climate were a bank, they would already have saved it.
government prison ifs
What would happen if we financed somebody in the U.S. to destabilize the government of George W. Bush? They would go to prison, certainly.