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We're not perfect, but we do have democracy.

Hugo Chavez

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Hugo Chavez
Age: 58 †
Born: 1954
Born: July 28
Died: 2013
Died: March 5
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Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias
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I shook Obama's hand and I said, 'I want to be your friend.' My hand is still outstretched. I am not Obama's enemy, but it's difficult not see imperialism in Washington. Those who don't see it don't want to see it, like the ostrich.
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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.
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I love books. If they are good books, I love them even more. But even if they are bad books, I still love them.
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We must reduce all the emissions that are destroying the planet. However, that requires a change in lifestyle, a change in the economic model: We must go from capitalism to socialism.
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I do wish that the IMF and the World Bank would disappear soon.
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Privatization is a neoliberal and imperialist plan. Health can't be privatized because it is a fundamental human right, nor can education, water, electricity and other public services. They can't be surrendered to private capital that denies the people from their rights.
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The ones who close the path for peacefull revolution, at the same time open the path for violent revolution.
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I hereby accuse the North American empire of being the biggest menace to our planet.
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Israel criticizes Hitler a lot, so do we, but they've done something very similar, even worse, than what the Nazis did.
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