Whenever I ask about Pepsi-Cola or Coca-Cola, people immedi… - Muammar Gaddafi

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Whenever I ask about Pepsi-Cola or Coca-Cola, people immediately say it is an American or European drink. This is not true. The kola is African. They have taken the cheap raw material from us. They produced it, they made it into a drink, and they sell it to us for a high price. Why are Pepsi-Cola and Coca-Cola expensive? Because they have taken our kola, produced it, and sold it back to us. We should produce it ourselves and sell it to them.

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Muammar abu Minyar al-Gaddafi (7 June 1942 – 20 October 2011) was the leader of Libya from 1969, when he overthrew the monarchy in a bloodless coup, until 2011 when he was overthrown by a NATO-backed internal rebellion. He declared Libya a directly democratic state (jamahiriya) in 1977, and stepped down from government office two years later, although he remained the effective center of power. Gaddafi pursued an anti-colonial and pan-African foreign policy that the United States and European countries condemned as sponsorship of terrorism.

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Native Name: معمر القذافي‎

Also Known As: Líder hermano y guía de la revolución

Alternative Names: Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi • Colonel Gaddafi • Kadhafi • Gaddafi • Muammar Mohammed Abu Minyar Gaddafi • Muʿammar al-Gaddafi • Muammar al-Gaddafi • Muʿammar al-Qaddafi • Muammar Qaddafi • Muammur Gaddafi • Muammar al-Qaddafi

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