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
Hugo Chavez quotes about
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.
want what-you-want one-thing
What you want is one thing, and what you cannot really obtain is another.
oil people giving
I'm not giving away oil for free. Just using oil, first to benefit our people, to relieve poverty.
latin tired poverty
Latin Americans have gotten tired of the Washington consensus - a neoliberalism that has aggravated misery and poverty.
oil hemisphere world
Venezuela has the biggest oil reserves in the world. And the biggest gas reserves in this hemisphere, the eighth in the world. Venezuela was a U.S. oil colony. All of our oil was going up to the north, and the gas was being used by the U.S. and not by us. Now we are diversifying. Our oil is helping the poor.
america build gas next south
We're going to build that gas pipeline, ... to all of South America for the next 200 years.
ask asked close friend happened head pat publicly recently reverend state united united-states walking white
The only place where a person can ask for another head of state to be assassinated is the United States, which is what happened recently with the Reverend Pat Robertson, a very close friend of the White House, ... He publicly asked for my assassination and he's still walking the streets.
crisis doorway energy major
We're at the doorway of major energy crisis worldwide,
china country maybe send whatever
We can do whatever we want with the planes. Maybe we'll send 10 to Cuba, or maybe to China so that they can see the technology. I say with whatever country that can use them,
consensus good great looking mar president truth washington
What a great truth and how good it is that in Mar del Plata President Kirchner has come to say it to millions: the Washington consensus is broken; we are looking for a new model,
defending fighting fights-and-fighting itself venezuela
Venezuela is used to defending itself ... and fighting imperialism,
defended government interests
Venezuelan interests are to be defended by Venezuela. The U.S. should defend the interests of the U.S. Where are the U.S. people, where are the intellectuals, who could put limits on their government?
convinced leads straight
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.
against ended great power rebelled
One of the greatest rebels, who I really admire: Christ. He was a rebel. He ended up being crucified. He was a great rebel. He rebelled against the established power that subjugated.