“Europe would be well advised to pay more attention to Latin America. The emerging economies are the engines of the global economy. Colombia has done too little to improve its reputation in Europe.” WellsLittlesDoneWould BeAmericaPayAttentionEconomyEuropeReputationLatinEnginesEmergingLatin AmericaGlobal EconomyColombiaEmerging Economies Author:Juan Manuel Santos
“In America there is really very little knowledge of the literature of the rest of the world. Of the literature of Latin America, yes, But that's not all that different in inspiration from that of America, or of Europe. One must go further. You don't even have to go too far in terms of geography - you can start with the Native Americans and listen to their poetry.” WorldLittlesDifferentInspirationAmericaLiteratureTermEuropeNativeLatinNative AmericanGeographyLatin AmericaLittle Knowledge Book:There Was a Country: A Memoir Source: There Was a Country: A Memoir
“Industrialized countries have disproportionately more cancers than countries with little or no industry (after adjusting for age and population size). One half of all the world's cancers occur in people living in industrialized countries, even though we are only one-fifth of the world's population. Closely tracking industrialization are breast cancer rates, which are highest in North America and northern Europe, intermediate in southern Europe and Latin America, and lowest in Asia and Africa.” PeopleWorldLittlesCountryAgeAmericaHalfIndustryHighestEuropeEnvironmentalRateSizePopulationCancerBreastsLatinSouthernPollutionLowestAsiaFifthLatin AmericaBreast CancerNorth AmericaOne HalfAdjustingTrackingIndustrialization Author:Sandra Steingraber
“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.” WorldNeedsDoneAmericaValuesDemocracyShareMiddleEuropeEastThanksAround The WorldMarchLatinMiddle EastGood FriendAsiaLatin AmericaFriend In Need Author:Condoleezza Rice
“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.” PeopleI CanDifferentStatesAmericaUnitedUnited StatesKnowingTypeSafeEuropeLatinCubaLatin AmericaMiami Author:Dave Barry
“Just when I get my church all sorted out, sheep from the goats, saved from the damned, hopeless from the hopeful, somebody makes a move, get out of focus, cuts loose, and I see why Jesus never wrote systematic theology. So you and I can give thanks that the locus of Christian thinking appears to be shifting from North America and northern Europe where people write rules and obey them, to places like Africa and Latin America where people still know how to dance.” PeopleThinkingKnowsGivingWritingStillsI CanChristianAmericaMovingJesusChurchKnow HowFocusCuttingEuropeSavedTheologyThanksHopefulHopelessLatinSheepShiftingLatin AmericaSystematicGoatsNorth AmericaMake A Move Author:William Henry Willimon
“The largest source of greenhouse gases in the coming decades will not be the US, Western Europe and Japan, but the developing economies of East Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. The coming eruption of carbon emissions from the poor world will dwarf any reductions in the North.” WorldAmericaPoorEconomySourceFutureEuropeWesternEastDecadesDevelopingJapanLatinCarbonAsiaEasternReductionLatin AmericaEmissionsGreenhousesDwarfsDwarvesGreenhouse GasesEastern EuropeEruptionWestern EuropeCarbon EmissionsEast Asia Author:Ross Gelbspan
“The fast growing markets - the BRICS and Next Eleven - are the key. The next billion consumers are not going to come from the US or Western Europe - they are coming from Asia, Latin America and Africa. Formula One follows our strategy: fast growing markets, data, and digital. All those three things Formula One has. And it involves a stunning array of companies. Now that doesn't mean there can't be more.” MeanAmericaThreeNextCompanyGrowingKeysEuropeStrategyWesternBillionsDataConsumersDigitalLatinFormulasAsiaThree ThingsElevenLatin AmericaStunningFormula OneWestern EuropeBrics Author:Martin Sorrell
“When the US government got word that I was planning to leave Russia to go to Latin America, they brought down the plane of the - the presidential plane, which had diplomatic protection, that had the Bolivian president on board. They closed the airspace in four different countries in Europe, I believe, which was extraordinary, unprecedented.” BelieveDifferentCountryGovernmentAmericaI BelievePresidentFourEuropeExtraordinaryProtectionPlanningRussiaPlanesPresidentialBoardsLatinLatin AmericaUnprecedentedDiplomaticDifferent Countries Author:Edward Snowden
“There is a democratic deficit. In Latin America in particular there is real concern that democratic governments are not delivering and that is leading to experimenting with different models that are much less democratic. But even in Western Europe the deficit is a problem.” DifferentRealProblemGovernmentAmericaParticularModelsEuropeConcernDemocraticWesternLatinDeficitLatin AmericaDeliveringWestern EuropeDemocratic Government Author:Mary Robinson
“There are leaks from the Embassy in Honduras. There was a coup in 2009. Obama broke with most of Latin America and even Europe and supported the military coup, still does. The ambassador in Honduras sent back a detailed analysis saying the coup was military, illegal, unconstitutional, and that the legitimate president was thrown out. Okay, we now know that Washington was perfectly aware of that and decided to support the military coup anyway. We should have known that at the time. The government has no right to keep that information secret.” KnowsShouldDoeStillsGovernmentAmericaPresidentSecretKnownSupportMilitaryInformationEuropeDecidedShould HaveOkayBrokeAnalysisThrownIllegalLatinLatin AmericaAmbassadorsLeaksCoupsUnconstitutionalEmbassyShould Have KnownHonduras Author:Noam Chomsky
“If we are going to talk about the most recent of the "Indignados" movements in several countries of the world, including Europe, those are social movements but eventually they will evolve into political movements. This will happen because the traditional bourgeois parties have lost credibility after being the main political influence in most countries of Latin-America and Europe in the last 50 or 60 years.” IfsWorldYearsCountryHappensLastsAmericaPoliticalLostSocialPartyInfluenceMovementEuropeIncludingTraditionalEvolveLatinCredibilityBourgeoisLatin AmericaSocial MovementsPolitical MovementsCountries Of The WorldPolitical Influence Author:Alejandro Castro Espin
“Europe is being subjected to the kinds of programs that devastated Latin America for many years. Latin America has thrown them out and is pulling out: It's successful; it's democratizing; it's economically developing; and it's free from the shrapnel of US imperialism for 25 years. Meanwhile, Western Europe is destroying itself systematically, destroying itself going in the opposite direction.” YearsKindAmericaSuccessfulEuropeProgramOppositesWesternDevelopingThrownLatinDestroyingPullingImperialismLatin AmericaDevastatedWestern Europe Author:Noam Chomsky
“Most of intellectuals are false prophets, flatterers of the court. The real prophets are the exception and treated badly. How badly they're treated depends on the society. Like in Eastern Europe, they were treated very badly. In Latin America, they were slaughtered.” RealAmericaDependsEuropeCourtTreatedProphetExceptionLatinEasternLatin AmericaEastern EuropeFlattererFalse Prophets Author:Noam Chomsky
“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.” ImportantCountryAmericaDifferencesTaughtPerspectiveMetsEuropeImportant ThingsParisLatinLatin AmericaLatin American Author:Gabriel Garcia Marquez