Latin America Quotes

Fortunately, war in Latin America is usually waged only with words. The tongue is our most dangerous weapon. We talk too much!

My hope is that every country in Latin America will make a significant commitment to supporting early childhood development programs.

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.

I spent my last year of high school in Latin America, and there's a edge of salsa under all of my rhythms

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.

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.

I would like to make it possible for many women and men in Latin America to win the lottery and receive the type of reproductive health services they so urgently need.

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.

The United States turned to repression when its prominence started to slip in Latin America through establishing military dictatorships.

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.

Nearly all of Latin America, from Chile to Mexico, is one long rack of torture. Financed, equipped, and refined by the U.S. government.

There are social democrats and others who are marching more in the direction of equality, whether you call them socialists or communists... Capitalism has only hurt Latin America.

Surrealism comes from the reality of Latin America.

The Colombian economy is very strong. We have one of the highest rates of growth in Latin America.

I love the Latin neighborhoods in Los Angeles. It's like traveling all over Latin America without ever leaving LA.

Latin America and the Caribbean are the happiest on average in the world.

As a matter of fact, Latin America's economy is almost as big as the economy of China. We're all focused on China. Latin America is a huge opportunity for America - time zone, language opportunities.

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.

Anywhere in Latin America there is a potential threat of the pathology of caudillismo and it has to be guarded against.

In fact, there is a very close correlation between human rights violations and US aid, particularly in Latin America.

With 'Timbiriche,' I toured Brazil and a lot of Latin America.

In Latin America in general, it's very important that Christianity not be simply a thing of reason, but also of the heart.

I'm a big fan of the vigor of civil society, political engagement, and public life in many parts of Latin America.

I majored in political science, and my concentration was U.S. involvement in Latin America in the 20th century.

The total economy of Latin America is bigger than China.

In Chile they have no movies. They have awful popular movies. I am not a Latin American creator.

I think I'm an American writer writing about Latin America, and I'm a Latin American writer who happens to write in English.

It seems to be Latin American destiny to always have the United States say 'amen.

It is easier to start a war than to end it.

Anyone who pretends to "understand" Latin America is a fool.

We give more economic aid to multinational corporations to increase their profits than we do to all the countries in the world combined.

The people of the United States will do anything for Latin America, except read about it.