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
biggest oil planet problem states united
The problem is not the oil, but what they do with the oil. The United States is the biggest spender of oil and of all the planet resources.
oil people giving
I'm not giving away oil for free. Just using oil, first to benefit our people, to relieve poverty.
country years oil
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.
oil world forget
The world should forget about cheap oil. [The price] will keep going up and some day arrive at US$100 per barrel.
ideas oil survival
The revolution will survive. It does not rely solely on oil for its survival. There is a national will, there is a national idea, a national project.
iran oil mad
If the United States was mad enough to attack Iran or aggress Venezuela again the price of a barrel of oil could reach $150 or even $200.
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.
believe technology oil
We also exchange oil for software technology. Uruguay is one of the biggest producers of software. We are breaking with the neoliberal model. We do not believe in free trade. We believe in fair trade and exchange, not competition but cooperation. I'm not giving away oil for free. Just using oil, first to benefit our people, to relieve poverty.
country government oil
What is the U.S. government looking for? And the elite governing this country? They're looking for oil.
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.
elite governing government
What is the U.S. government looking for? And the elite governing this country? They're looking for oil.
disease remedy worse
It would start, as they say in my village, is worse the remedy than the disease.
arrogant attacks brought foreign states united united-states
The United States brought the attacks upon itself, for their arrogant imperialist foreign policy,
justice king palace queen remember road spoke towards
Dr. King spoke about about the road towards the palace of justice, and that made me remember of Bolivar, who said that justice must be the queen of all virtues,