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I aspire to be the president of all Venezuelans. The message is clear. Venezuelans are fed up with confrontation, with division.

I admire President Chavez for his strength to resist the United States. Instead, Bush is waging a war of terrorism against the world.

I've always admired President Chavez for standing up to imperialism and the meddling of the American government in South America.

If I were president of the United States, I'd build a great wall along the Mexican border and not let anybody in.

This generosity that has been offered to the United States says very much about the Venezuelan spirit.

This has been a great victory for the Venezuelan people.

My greatest regret at the passing of America-hating strongman Hugo Chavez is that he didn't live long enough to party with Dennis Rodman.

I can tell you that I never aspired to be president. I always honour something that Commander Chavez told us: that while we were in these posts, we must be clothed in humility and understand that we are here to protect the man and woman of the streets.

Venezuelan interests are to be defended by Venezuela. The U.S. should defend the interests of the U.S. Where are the U.S. people, where are the intellectuals, who could put limits on their government?

I can't imagine what this place would be - I can't imagine what the country would be - with Donald Trump as our president.