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• Hugo Chavez:

  I hereby accuse the North American empire of being the biggest menace to our planet.

• Hugo Chavez:

  Long live the Unity of Latin America.

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  The left is back, and it's the only path we have to get out of the spot to which the right has sunk

• Hugo Chavez:

  I wish Obama would focus on governing the United States and would forget his country's imperialist

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  The only way to save the world is through socialism, but a socialism that exists within a democracy

• Hugo Chavez:

  Venezuela is a free country, and we will not be blackmailed by anyone. We will not accept being tol

• Hugo Chavez:

  I shook Obama's hand and I said, 'I want to be your friend.' My hand is still outstretched. I am no

• Hugo Chavez:

  I was a farm kid from the plains of South Venezuela, from a very poor family. I grew up in a palm t

• Hugo Chavez:

  I painted. I wanted to be a painter. I sang.

• Hugo Chavez:

  I became a soldier, not because I had a military vocation initially, but because it was the only wa