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Hugo Chavez Biography

Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈuɣo ɾafaˈel ˈt͡ʃaβes ˈfɾi.as]; 28 July 1954 – 5 March 2013) was a Venezuelan politician who was President of Venezuela from 1999 to 2013. Chávez was also leader of the Fifth Republic Movement political party from its foundation in 1997 until 2007, when it merged with several other parties to form the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), which he led until 2012.

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I love Jesus Christ. I am a Christian. . . I cry when I see injustice, children dying of hunger.

Children, Christian, Jesus, Love

We want to be brothers and sisters. We want respect and equality. Simon Bolivar, our father, said a balanced world - a universe - a balanced universe in order to have peace and development.

Bolivar, Brother, Development, Father, Order, World

I was a farm kid from the plains of South Venezuela, from a very poor family. I grew up in a palm tree house with an earthen floor.

Farm, Floor, Grew, House, Kids, Tree

The imperialist, genocidal, fascist attitude of the U. S. president has no limits. I think Hitler would be like a suckling baby next to George W. Bush.

Attitude, Baby, Genocidal, Limits, Think, Thinking

I became a soldier, not because I had a military vocation initially, but because it was the only way that that young, poor-class child from the provinces could go to the center of the country: through baseball, which was my dream.

Baseball, Dream, Country, Provinces, Soldier

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.

Believe, Cooperation, Exchange, Neoliberal, Oil, Technology

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.

Diversifying, Helping, Hemisphere, Oil, Venezuela, World

What you want is one thing, and what you cannot really obtain is another.

Obtain, One Thing, Thing, Want, What You Want

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.

Country, Developed, Energy, Investment, Oil, Responsibility

The grand destroyer of the world, and the greatest threat. . . is represented by U. S. imperialism.

Imperialism, Represented, Threat, World

I'm not loved by Hillary Clinton. . . and I don't love her either.

Clinton, Hillary, Love, Loved

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

Painted, Painter, Sang, Wanted

If the climate were a bank, they would already have saved it.

Already, Bank, Climate, Ifs, Saved

The world should forget about cheap oil. [The price] will keep going up and some day arrive at US$100 per barrel.

Oil, World, Forget, Price, Keep

There is no turning back.

Back, No Turning Back, Turning

I concern myself with Venezuela. However, some rightwing movements are transforming me into a pawn in the domestic politics of their countries, by making statements that are groundless.

Countries, Country, Movement, Pawns, Politics, Rightwing

I think developed countries - so-called developed countries - should reflect upon the way of living and the waste of energy.

Countries, Country, Developed, Energy, Think, Thinking

Long live the Unity of Latin America.

Latin, America, Long, Live, Unity

I am convinced that the path to a new, better and possible world is not capitalism, the path is socialism.

Path, Possible, Socialism, World

What they have implanted here, which is really a 'gringo' custom, is terrorism. They disguise children as witches and wizards, that is contrary to our culture.

Children, Culture, Disguise, Wizards

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