Chávez
Speech at the UN, September 20, 2006
What has he actually said?
Here are some quotes of what Chávez has said and the context in which he said it.
Friday, February 18, 2006, after Secy of St. Condleeza Rice for an international "united front" against Venezuela:
"It doesn't matter what the US government does to us; we will respond in a Christian way: 'If you slap my cheek I will offer you the other.'
"I have the moral strength to resist the old cynical and immoral empire, and we shall defeat you, old empire," Chavez pledged.
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