THE NORTH RIDING PROJECT

I’m a man with many defects.  I love.  I sing.  I dream.  I was born poor in the countryside.  I was raised in the countryside, planting corn and selling sweets made by my grandmother.  I want a better world for my grandchildren.  Now, they demonize me.  But that’s the start of these world campaigns to try and defend what you cannot defend – a system that is destroying the world.  I want a world of justice and equality.  That is the only way to achieve peace.

Hugo Chavez via CNN, 2009