Citas

“Let us follow the example of our predecessors. Let us do what Bolivar, San Martin, Artigas, O'Higgins, Sucre, Juarez, Morazan and Marti would have done in similar circumstances, so that our America will hold a dignified place in a world in which we all have a right to live.”
References to the original: At the Sixth Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State or Government held in San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, October 16, 1995
“Let us imitate the example of those who were our predecessors.  Let us do what Bolívar, San Martín, Artigas, O'Higgins, Sucre, Juárez, Morazán and Martí would have done in like circumstances, so that Our America takes an honourable place in a world where we all have a right to live.”
References to the original: At the V Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Governments in San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina.
“Unity is the only true strength the Caribbean can count on.  Only by being united can we defend ourselves at the regional level and extend that unity to Central America, South America, Africa and to the peoples of other continents. […]

The future depends on our own efforts.”
References to the original: President Fidel Castro states in his speech at the CARIFORUM Summit, August 21, 1998
“We can rightly say that it was the cradle of South African liberation; but one day it will also be considered the cradle of African dignity. And it’s not that Africa has not fought, or that Africa has not carried out thousands and tens of thousands of heroic deeds but this was the most painful stronghold of a system of slavery and injustice that has existed for thousands of years, and particularly in the of Africa, Latin America and the Third World, it prevailed hundreds of years.”
References to the original: Visit to the Hector Peterson Memorial in commemoration of the massacre in Soweto, a township in the outskirts of Johannesburg, 5 September 1998

"(...) I see a new hour in Venezuela, an immovable and inseparable pillar of the history of our America. One has the right to trust one's own experience or viewpoint. Not because one is infallible or because one has not made mistakes but because one has had the opportunity to take a 40 yearlong course in the academy of the Revolution".

References to the original: Master lecture delivered at the main lecture hall in the Central University of Venezuela, 3 February, 1999

"Fate would have it that Venezuela should be the country to fight the most for the independence of this hemisphere. It began here and you had a legendary precursor like Miranda, who even lead a French army in campaign waging famous battles which, at a point in time, during the French Revolution, prevented an invasion of French territory".

References to the original: Master lecture delivered at the main lecture hall in the Central University of Venezuela, 3 February, 1999

"(...) we must unite, not only here in the Caribbean and Central America but also with South America. They need it as much as we (...)"

References to the original: ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE FIRST WORKING SESSION OF THE ACS SUMMIT, SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 17 APRIL 1999