THE SOUTH ALSO EXISTS

by Hugo Chávez Frías

"We will fight for Venezuela, for Latin American integration and the world. We reaffirm our infinite faith in humankind. We are thirsty for peace and justice in order to survive as a species. Simon Bolivar, founding father of our country and guide of our revolution, swore to never allow his hands to be idle or his soul to rest until he had broken the shackles which bound us to the empire. Now is the time to not allow our hands to be idle or our souls to rest until we save humanity." - Hugo Chavez

76 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (28 July 1954 – 5 March 2013) was a Venezuelan statesman and former career military officer who became president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013.

Reviews

[Saadia · Rating 5 out of 5]

very succinct, finished reading this is one sitting. There is a lot of hope in this collection of speeches for those looking for freedom and persisting in the daily for it.
This is both a rallying call and a promise of possibility. Loved it.

[Afrah Asif · Rating 4 out of 5]

This collection of Hugo Chavez's speeches draws attention to the impoverishment of the South as it struggles to find stability away from the clutches of imperialist interventions. Chavez is a 'new leader' as he describes himself in one of these speeches. Still, his vision for the South is nowhere new: various struggles for independence, global treaties and efforts such as those made by the Non-Alignment Movement have all dreamt of a South economically, politically, and ideologically independent of the overbearing of the North. Chavez's speeches refer back heavily to these dreams, and the collection in this book reflects Chavez's passion and visionary far-sightedness. A short astute collection that can be finished in a sitting, the book could have greatly benefitted from an introduction to Chavez and his contributions to the world of socialist anti-imperialism.