Venezuela has been subjected to permanent aggression against us and against me personally. |
Venezuela has changed forever. |
Venezuela is being born again. Once again the people of Simon Bolivar have shown themselves to be a grand people. |
Venezuela is used to defending itself ... and fighting imperialism, |
Venezuela was a colony of the U.S. empire for a long time. Today we're free, and the world should know it, |
We are all going to read Quixote to feed our spirit with this fighter who came out to get rid of injustice and fix the world, ... To some degree, we are followers of Quixote. |
We are entering a second phase |
We are going to direct as much as 10 percent of the production, that means 66,000 barrels, without intermediaries, to poor communities, hospitals, religious communities, schools, |
we are not just confronting the situation, we are conquering it. |
We are very happy to be in Baghdad, to smell the scent of history and to walk on the bank of the Tigris River, |
We are very saddened by this tragedy, ... turned off. |
We are willing to continue working in the fight against drugs with Mr. Bush's government. |
We are with you, always following your success. And we'll be waiting for you when you come back, hopefully as world champion. |
We aren't giving gifts to anyone. |
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, |