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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

The United States is using its war on drugs as an excuse to expand its control over Latin America. — Evo Morales

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

There are still 500,000 persons afflicted with leprosy in Latin America, so it is still very much present. — Walter Salles

The real influence on my work was reality, that of my country and Latin America in general. — Mario Benedetti

When I was very young I was reading a lot of Latin American fiction, which later would be called "boom fiction." — Sandra Cisneros

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

While guidebooks might tell you that time collapsed here, another theory says that in Latin America, all of history coexists at once. — Brin-Jonathan Butler

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

The United States condoned dictatorships in Latin America for much of the 20th century. — Carlos Fuentes

Surrealism comes from the reality of Latin America. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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

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

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

I have a very deep care for Latin America, and, of course, for what was going on in El Salvador. — Raul Julia

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

I may not have trekked through the galaxies in reality. But I have trekked all over this planet: Australia, Asia, Latin America, Europe. — George Takei

Science has eliminated distance. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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

It is easier to start a war than to end it. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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

The European brand of fascism will probably present its most serious postwar threat to us via Latin America. — Henry A. Wallace

My sister, she's amazing. She sort of inspired me to take this journey to Latin America. — Jenna Bush

The Spaniards owned the cow, but others drank the milk. — Eduardo Galeano

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

Education is the only way forward in Latin America and developing countries in general. — Shakira

I am so proud of my heritage and of being Latina. I would most definitely consider roles in Latin America. — Chrissie Fit

No offense to Iceland, but Latin America is where the fugitive leaker Edward Snowden should settle. — Stephen Kinzer

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

Capitalism has only hurt Latin America. — Evo Morales

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

At Sequoia, we have opened offices in China and India, and we have made a handful of investments in Latin America/Brazil. — Roelof Botha

The workforce in Latin America was treated as a vulgar instrument for capital accumulation. — Rafael Correa

We need to provide higher quality and innovative early childhood development programs all throughout Latin America. — Shakira

So that I saw music as a way of documenting realities from the urban cities of Latin America. — Ruben Blades

Is everything forbidden us except to fold our arms? Poverty is not written in the stars; under development is not one of God's mysterious designs. — Eduardo Galeano

Whatever Latin America sells - raw materials or manufactures - its chief export product is really cheap labor. — Eduardo Galeano

Latin America has not achieved the development that it deserves ... I'm not optimistic for all of Latin America, not only for Central America. — Oscar Arias

Comrade [Rafael] Correa gets it right, most of the time. This is new, 'final' offensive of the Empire in Latin America. — Andre Vltchek

It makes sense for Japan to pursue a more independent role in the world, following Latin America and others in freeing itself from U.S. domination. — Noam Chomsky

A lot of names in America and Europe have their roots in Latin and Greek words. A lot of them go back to archetypes and their stories. — Maynard James Keenan

As a political current, Maoism was always weak in Britain, confined largely to students from Asia, Africa and Latin America. — Tariq Ali

The Sundance Institute has been vital to the film communities of Latin America. — Walter Salles

Am I Latin? Am I American? What the hell am I? I love my culture and I'm very proud of my culture. — America Ferrera

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

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

Mexico is becoming the northern part of Latin America, not the U.S.A.'s southern outpost. — Jeremy Corbyn

The scholarship on music and poetry in Mexico - and Latin America more generally - has yet to receive substantial historical attention. — Stephen Neufeld

I think for the U.S. government the Sandinistas represented a threat to their dominance of Latin America. — Bianca Jagger

We turn our backs on Latin America, always comparing ourselves instead to Europe. — Isabel Allende

I wanted to take part in the liberation of even a small piece of enslaved Latin America. — Che Guevara

In Latin America, even atheists are Catholics. — Carlos Fuentes

Perhaps no country in Latin America is more picturesque than Bolivia, and the most memorable Bolivian city may be Potosi. — Nicholas Kristof

It would be very ungrateful of me to turn my back or stop doing work in Latin America. — Jaime Camil

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

Latin America, for the first time in 500 years, is moving towards a degree of independence. — Noam Chomsky

The custom of my grandfather's day is still going strong in Latin America. American girls do not seem to understand it. — Desi Arnaz

Before I started Coffee of Grace, I assumed all coffee came from Latin America or Indonesia. I wasn't familiar with African coffee. — Grace Hightower

Bolivians die with rotted lungs so that the world may consume cheap tin. — Eduardo Galeano

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

Long live the Unity of Latin America. — Hugo Chavez

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

During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Latin America moved decisively away from military rule and toward civilian democracy. — Stephen Kinzer

El Paso in many ways is the Ellis Island for Mexico and much of Latin America. — Beto O'Rourke

The total economy of Latin America is bigger than China. — William Hague

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

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

It's almost as if people think that in Latin America we're not hip to what's happening here. — Ruben Blades

I spent my whole life as a writer talking to just the average guy in Los Angeles and Latin America, talking to working people. — Hector Tobar

I accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America. — Ahmed Ben Bella

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

My whole life, I grew up with this double vision, this vision of America but also Latin community. — Prince Royce

They talk about the failure of socialism but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America? — Fidel Castro

Most governments in Latin America have failed to recognize the rights of indigenous people and their right to their own traditional territories. — Bianca Jagger

In Latin America, you don't do things for the money because there is no money. — Gael Garcia Bernal

In Latin America, women are supposed to be voluptuous. They don't believe that you have to be skinny to be attractive. — Sofia Vergara

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

No child should be left behind - I've heard this from President Obama. And here, we say in Latin America, no country should be left behind. — Sebastian Pinera

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

The revolution has no time for elections. There is no more democratic government in Latin America than the revolutionary government. — Fidel Castro

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