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Long live the Unity of Latin America. -- Hugo Chavez
In Latin America, you don't do things for the money because there is no money. -- Gael Garcia Bernal
They talk about the failure of socialism but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America? -- Fidel Castro
Fascism is a worldwide disease. Its greatest threat to the United States will come after the war, either via Latin America or within the United States itself. -- Henry A. Wallace
I have been a victim of stereotypes. I come from Latin America and to some countries, we are considered 'losers,' drug traffickers, and that is not fair because that is generalizing. -- Ricky Martin
Just as it is important in Latin America to discuss ideas that come from North America, I think it is interesting for North Americans to discuss ideas that come from Latin America or Africa and do not insert themselves into capitalist interests. -- Paulo Freire
Globalization and the neoliberal economic model have already been rejected in Latin America; it simply hasn't been a solution for our people. At the same time, Latin countries like Venezuela and Argentina are anti-imperialist and anti-globalization, and yet their economies are growing again. -- Evo Morales
Latin America, for the first time in 500 years, is moving towards a degree of independence. -- Noam Chomsky
We need to provide higher quality and innovative early childhood development programs all throughout Latin America. -- Shakira
The real influence on my work was reality, that of my country and Latin America in general. -- Mario Benedetti
There are still 500,000 persons afflicted with leprosy in Latin America, so it is still very much present. -- Walter Salles
So that I saw music as a way of documenting realities from the urban cities of Latin America. -- Ruben Blades
I think for the U.S. government the Sandinistas represented a threat to their dominance of Latin America. -- Bianca Jagger
The United States is using its war on drugs as an excuse to expand its control over Latin America. -- Evo Morales
In Latin America, women are supposed to be voluptuous. They don't believe that you have to be skinny to be attractive. -- Sofia Vergara
Anywhere in Latin America there is a potential threat of the pathology of caudillismo and it has to be guarded against. -- Noam Chomsky
Fidel Castro, whatever people may think of him, is a hero in Latin America, primarily because he stood up to the United States. -- Noam Chomsky
I'm a writer obsessed with remembering, with remembering the past of America and above all that of Latin America, intimate land condemned to amnesia. -- Eduardo Galeano
For fiction, Im not particularly nationalistic. Im not like the Hugo Chavez of Latin American letters, you know? I want people to read good work. -- Daniel Alarcon
There are cultural issues everywhere - in Bangladesh, Latin America, Africa, wherever you go. But somehow when we talk about cultural differences, we magnify those differences. -- Muhammad Yunus
Latin America has much richer resources. You'd expect it to be far more advanced than East Asia, but it had the disadvantage of being under imperialist wings. -- Noam Chomsky
Things will be very bad for Latin America. You only have to consider the ambitions and the doctrines of the empire, which regards this region as its backyard. -- Jose Saramago
Capitalism has only hurt Latin America. There are social democrats and others who are marching more in the direction of equality, whether you call them socialists or communists. -- Evo Morales
There are, of course, all sorts of other unpleasant regimes outside the walls as well - the military dictators of Latin America and the apartheid regime of South Africa. -- Barbara Amiel
All through Latin America, there's sharp condemnation of the criminal atrocities of Sept. 11. But it's qualified by the observation that although these are horrible atrocities, they are not unfamiliar. -- Noam Chomsky
It is important to remember that some of the most serious thinkers once thought that democracy was not compatible with the cultures of Germany, Italy, Japan, Latin America and Russia. -- Natan Sharansky
I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people. -- Al Gore
Get up early and go to the local produce markets. In Latin America and Asia, those are usually great places to find delicious food stalls serving cheap, authentic and fresh specialties. -- Anthony Bourdain
The most important thing Paris gave me was a perspective on Latin America. It taught me the differences between Latin America and Europe and among the Latin American countries themselves through the Latins I met there. -- Gabriel Garcia Marquez
I must try and break through the cliches about Latin America. Superpowers and other outsiders have fought over us for centuries in ways that have nothing to do with our problems. In reality we are all alone. -- Gabriel Garcia Marquez
We all have that capacity to lose our humanity when circumstances force us to do so. It's not specific to people who live in Africa or Latin America or Asia. And equally, we are capable of regaining ourselves. -- Ishmael Beah
Curitiba is not a paradise. We have all the problems that most Latin American cities have. We have slums. We have the same difficulties, but the big difference is the respect given by people due to the quality of the services which are provided. -- Jaime Lerner
In English, I'm a little bit limited. I speak English as a second language, and that's a little limitation that I have to work around and I have to use it to my favor. So, yes, that's why I end up wanting to do more things in Latin America. -- Gael Garcia Bernal
I am astonished each time I come to the U.S. by the ignorance of a high percentage of the population, which knows almost nothing about Latin America or about the world. It's quite blind and deaf to anything that may happen outside the frontiers of the U.S. -- Eduardo Galeano
I do feel fortunate to have some knowledge of the great Latin American writers, including some that are probably not that well known in English. Im thinking of Jose Maria Arguedas, whom I read when I was living in Lima, and who really impacted the way I viewed my country. -- Daniel Alarcon
Actually, there are people from all ove - not just Latin America, certainly not just Cuba, but all over Europe, all over the United States. I like that. I like knowing a lot of different types of people. And I can afford to live in a relatively safe part of Miami. -- Dave Barry
I asked the producers when I was doing 'Y Tu Mama Tambien' if they could give me a VHS recording of the film that I could show to my family, because in Mexico and Latin America, when you do a film, you don't expect anybody to see it, especially not in the cinema. -- Gael Garcia Bernal
America cannot do most of what needs to be done alone. You need friends. And we have good friends around the world. We have friends with whom we share values in Europe and Asia - thanks to the forward march of democracy - in Latin America, in Africa, and increasingly in the Middle East. -- Condoleezza Rice
Like all of Latin America, Mexico after independence in 1821 turned its back on a triple heritage: on the Spanish heritage, because we were newly liberated colonies, and on our Indian and black heritages, because we considered them backward and barbaric. We looked towards France, England and the U.S., to become progressive democratic republics. -- Carlos Fuentes
He [Hugo Chavez] put poverty at the heart of political debate. Rightly so, given the country's immense inequality and poverty. He invested heavily in social programs such as literacy, health clinics, and education. He promoted Venezuela's indigenous culture and urged compatriots to take pride in its pre-Columbian history. He called time on the US treating Latin America as its backyard. -- Rory Carroll
The only thing to be said for air travel is speed. It makes possible travel on a scale unimaginable before our present age. Between the ages of 20 and four-score I visited every country in Europe, all save two in Latin America, ditto in Africa, and most of Asia, not counting eight trips to Australia and 60 to the United States - all by air. -- Paul Johnson
Latin America is very fond of the word "hope." We like to be called the "continent of hope." Candidates for deputy, senator, president, call themselves "candidates of hope." This hope is really something like a promise of heaven, an IOU whose payment is always being put off. It is put off until the next legislative campaign, until next year, until the next century. -- Pablo Neruda
Capitalism has only hurt Latin America. -- Evo Morales
In Latin America, even atheists are Catholics. -- Carlos Fuentes
Surrealism comes from the reality of Latin America. -- Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The total economy of Latin America is bigger than China. -- William Hague
Anyone who pretends to "understand" Latin America is a fool. -- Michael Hogan
With 'Timbiriche,' I toured Brazil and a lot of Latin America. -- Paulina Rubio
Latin America and the Caribbean are the happiest on average in the world. -- Max Fisher
I want to see Colombian youth become the best-educated in Latin America by 2025. -- Juan Manuel Santos
I accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America. -- Ahmed Ben Bella
Education is the only way forward in Latin America and developing countries in general. -- Shakira
The United States condoned dictatorships in Latin America for much of the 20th century. -- Carlos Fuentes
The workforce in Latin America was treated as a vulgar instrument for capital accumulation. -- Rafael Correa
Conflict with the United States is one of the overwhelming facts of Latin American history. -- Stephen Kinzer
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My wife said I look like a Latin American dictator. I said, 'That's what I am' -- Oscar de la Renta
My sister, she's amazing. She sort of inspired me to take this journey to Latin America. -- Jenna Bush
No offense to Iceland, but Latin America is where the fugitive leaker Edward Snowden should settle. -- Stephen Kinzer
Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed. -- Manuel Puig
Well, by the standards of a lot of countries, by Latin American standards, it wasn't so bad. -- Paul A. Volcker
I wanted to take part in the liberation of even a small piece of enslaved Latin America. -- Che Guevara
Latin Americans have gotten tired of the Washington consensus - a neoliberalism that has aggravated misery and poverty. -- Hugo Chavez
The Colombian economy is very strong. We have one of the highest rates of growth in Latin America. -- Juan Manuel Santos
It would be very ungrateful of me to turn my back or stop doing work in Latin America. -- Jaime Camil
The European brand of fascism will probably present its most serious postwar threat to us via Latin America. -- Henry A. Wallace
During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Latin America moved decisively away from military rule and toward civilian democracy. -- Stephen Kinzer
I majored in political science, and my concentration was U.S. involvement in Latin America in the 20th century. -- Sebastian Arcelus
I love the Latin neighborhoods in Los Angeles. It's like traveling all over Latin America without ever leaving LA. -- Mauricio Cienfuegos
In fact, there is a very close correlation between human rights violations and US aid, particularly in Latin America. -- Noam Chomsky
Perhaps no country in Latin America is more picturesque than Bolivia, and the most memorable Bolivian city may be Potosi. -- Nicholas Kristof
I have a very deep care for Latin America, and, of course, for what was going on in El Salvador. -- Raul Julia
Just about every Latin American country has sent players to the big leagues, from the Dominican Republic to Costa Rica. -- Cheech Marin
The revolution has no time for elections. There is no more democratic government in Latin America than the revolutionary government. -- Fidel Castro
Comrade [Rafael] Correa gets it right, most of the time. This is new, 'final' offensive of the Empire in Latin America. -- Andre Vltchek
The custom of my grandfather's day is still going strong in Latin America. American girls do not seem to understand it. -- Desi Arnaz
I'm a big fan of the vigor of civil society, political engagement, and public life in many parts of Latin America. -- Rebecca Solnit
When you review the Central American wars or other Latin American wars, you find that there were dictators and there were insurgents. -- Alvaro Uribe
At Sequoia, we have opened offices in China and India, and we have made a handful of investments in Latin America/Brazil. -- Roelof Botha
In Latin America in general, it's very important that Christianity not be simply a thing of reason, but also of the heart. -- Pope Benedict XVI
I think I'm an American writer writing about Latin America, and I'm a Latin American writer who happens to write in English. -- Daniel Alarcon
I spent my last year of high school in Latin America, and there's a edge of salsa under all of my rhythms. -- Stephen Stills
Fortunately, war in Latin America is usually waged only with words. The tongue is our most dangerous weapon. We talk too much! -- Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
I spent my last year of high school in Latin America, and there's a edge of salsa under all of my rhythms -- Stephen Stills
Most governments in Latin America have failed to recognize the rights of indigenous people and their right to their own traditional territories. -- Bianca Jagger
Our resolution urges all Latin American and Caribbean countries to designate al Qaeda, Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad as terrorist organizations. -- Tom Lantos
I think Latin American cultures are really rich and fascinating. I like the pomp and circumstance of some of their rituals and ceremonies. -- Bitsie Tulloch
Free trade, far from protectionism, is the path that we should take to make Latin America a thriving actor in the global economy. -- Enrique Pena Nieto
The goal of Latin American unity is highly ephemeral. Each country has its own set of goals and very different sets of leaders. -- Riordan Roett
Nearly all of Latin America, from Chile to Mexico, is one long rack of torture. Financed, equipped, and refined by the U.S. government. -- Edward Abbey
I want all Hispanics in the Republican Party, in the Democratic Party, whether Latin Americans, Central Americans, Cubans, Mexicans, I want us to unite. -- Bill Richardson
Most governments in the United States in a hundred years have not respected the peoples of Latin America. They have sponsored coup d'etats, assassinations. -- Hugo Chavez
In Latin America in general, and Cuba in particular, poets have been the inspiration behind struggles for independence, struggles for freedom of all sorts. -- Margarita Engle
Color categories are on steroids in Latin America. I find that fascinating. It's very difficult for Americans, particularly African-Americans to understand or sympathize with. -- Henry Louis Gates
For fiction, I'm not particularly nationalistic. I'm not like the Hugo Chavez of Latin American letters, you know? I want people to read good work. -- Daniel Alarcon
My Latin temper blows up pretty fast, but it goes down just as fast. Maybe that's why you seldom hear of ulcers in Latin America. -- Desi Arnaz
For 500 years, since European explorers came, Latin American countries had been separated from one another. They had very limited relations. Integration is a prerequisite for independence. -- Noam Chomsky
People in Latin America... love America from afar and emulate America in some ways but also hate a lot of things that America does to them. -- David Byrne
Latin America is part of the world which was for many years condemned to the system of power where intimidation had more strength than the vote. -- Eduardo Galeano
Firstly, economic globalisation has brought prosperity and development to many countries, but also financial crises to Asia, Latin America and Russia, and increasing poverty and marginalisation. -- Anna Lindh
An overall trend of political moderation in Latin America makes for far less interesting headlines, but it also makes for far better lives for our people. -- Oscar Arias
I want to thank my fans for their support and love all these years, thank you Miami. Thank you Latin America. Thank you Mexico. Thank you world ! -- Enrique Iglesias
The United States can hide behind a facade simply because it is sucking the blood of other people...The Third World people: Africa, Asia and Latin America. -- Huey Newton
I was reading books about the Nazi presence not only in Argentina, but all over Latin America, and time and after time this information would come up. -- Lucia Puenzo
Also, there are now new laws in Brazil which create incentives for Argentine and Latin American films to be premiered and distributed in Brazil and vice versa. -- Walter Salles
I decided to go to Latin America because many of my students in Washington emigrated from this region and inspired me to learn more about their home countries. -- Jenna Bush
I believe in terms of the work that I do, in establishing dialogue about race relations in Latin America, steps on one of the most relevant themes today. -- Bocafloja
I would say that the U.S. has overlooked Latin America. Their priorities have always been somewhere else. And that is a problem and that is a mistake. -- Sebastian Pinera
According to the study, approximately 16.7 million U.S. workers born in Latin America had a combined gross income of $450 billion last year, of which 93 percent was spent locally. -- Luis Gutierrez
The United States has means to wound Latin American countries deeply, chiefly by altering trade policies to cut imports in ways that would throw thousands out of work. -- Stephen Kinzer
An increase in the relative price of products from the low wage manufacturers in Asia and Latin America will also make those products less attractive to American consumers. -- Martin Feldstein
I didn't go to Latin America thinking, 'I'm gonna write a book. This is what I'm gonna do.' I went there to work for UNICEF and to learn. -- Jenna Bush
I was the first person to come into New York with a Latin American point of view which was also very much influenced by political happenings in Latin America. -- Ruben Blades
In London, Washington, and Paris people talk of bonuses or no bonuses. In parts of Africa, South Asia, and Latin America, the struggle is for food or no food. -- Robert Zoellick
Our ministry also supports orphanages in the U.S. and overseas, thousands of poor children in Latin America, drug centers for addicted men, and a drug center in Israel. -- David Wilkerson
Since the Cuban Revolution and since the invasion of Santo Domingo a state of emergency has existed in Latin America. The Marines shoot at anything that moves, regardless of partyaffiliation. -- Regis Debray
The final hour of colonialism has struck, and millions of inhabitants of Africa, Asia and Latin America rise to meet a new life and demand their unrestricted right to self-determination. -- Che Guevara
The Latin American drug cartels have stretched their tentacles much deeper into our lives than most people believe. It's possible they are calling the shots at all levels of government. -- William Colby
Brazil has a lot of issues that are similar to a lot of countries in Latin America, but the dominant issue Brazil is dealing with is poverty and political corruption. -- Morena Baccarin
In Latin America the border between soccer and politics is vague. There is a long list of governments that have fallen or been overthrown after the defeat of the national team. -- Luis Suarez

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