“If the translation was correct, he told me he does not want to invade [the island]. Cuba wants dialogue, wants dialogue, and to end a blockade that should never have begun, ever since Cuba decided to be free — the longest blockade in the history of humanity.”

“[...] You cannot solve the drug issue by trying to establish military bases inside other countries, when in reality, for countries to stop planting or producing what we call drugs, we need to create economic alternatives for those countries. How are you going to make a country stop producing coca if you do not offer an alternative product for people to cultivate?”