“The Colombian economy is very strong. We have one of the highest rates of growth in Latin America.” AmericaStrongGrowthEconomyHighestRateLatinVery StrongLatin America Author:Juan Manuel Santos
“It was shameful that, after Haiti, Colombia was the second most unequal country in Latin America. But we've achieved some things; the inequality is coming down, and coming down fast. The growing economy has provided us with the funds to finance a very progressive social policy that has reduced extreme poverty. We have the lowest inflation rate of all Latin-America countries and the highest growth rate.” CountryAmericaSocialGrowthPovertyEconomyGrowingPolicyHighestDown AndRateExtremesFinanceInequalityFundLatinProgressiveLowestInflationShamefulLatin AmericaHaitiColombiaExtreme PovertySocial PolicyGrowing Economy Author:Juan Manuel Santos
“I want to see Colombian youth become the best-educated in Latin America by 2025.” WantAmericaYouthEducatedLatinLatin America Author:Juan Manuel Santos
“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
“The arguments of waste are heavily overdone, because what you do is to accelerate the infrastructure that you have to build anyway, like airports and roads, and in this case it happens much faster. So speaking of a roadmap, without being specific, I would still go for Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East - that's what our clients are really interested in.” StillsHappensAmericaCasesMiddleWasteArgumentEastFasterLatinMiddle EastClientsAsiaAirportsInfrastructureLatin AmericaAccelerate Author:Martin Sorrell
“We have seen how Zika has become a very serious problem in Brazil, in other parts of Latin America, in this hemisphere. During the summer it can arrive very quickly here in south Florida, in the whole state. In a very hot climate in summer, where mosquitos begin to spread very quickly, it's a very serious threat.” StatesWholeProblemAmericaSeriousSummerHotThreatSouthClimateSpreadLatinFloridaLatin AmericaBrazilHemisphereSouth Florida Author:Marco Rubio
“In fact, there is a very close correlation between human rights violations and US aid, particularly in Latin America.” HumansFactsAmericaRightsHuman RightsAidsLatinViolationLatin AmericaCorrelation Author:Noam Chomsky
“For years, overseas, the U.S. has been willing to not only tolerate what is in effect violent fascism, but implement it in country after country after country, in Latin America, in Africa, in Asia, overthrowing elected governments and backing the rise of military dictatorships.” YearsHas BeensCountryGovernmentAmericaEffectsMilitaryWillingViolentLatinFascismDictatorshipTolerateAsiaLatin America Author:Allan Nairn
“Miami, which has already aired, has this wonderful blend of Caribbean culture and Latin American culture and Southern American culture (talking about fried chicken). All those combine to make for a very very interesting array of ingredients, restaurants, and the chefs that come there. It also has great seafood, not to mention the glorious citrus that's there. And all those things inform what you do - and they should.” ShouldCultureInterestingTalkingWonderfulGloriousRestaurantsChickensLatinIngredientsSouthernChefVery InterestingAmerican CultureLatin AmericaMiamiSeafoodCaribbeanFried ChickenLatin AmericanCitrus Author:Padma Lakshmi
“If this government can send 20 billion dollars to Latin America to some peasants who have never fought for this country or worked for this country or have - or - and is sending hundreds of millions of dollars to Africa and Asia to try and buy friendship of people who will never be friendly toward them, then they should be even more quick to spend some - whatever amount of money is necessary to get inside of their house straight, before it's too late.” PeopleIfsShouldTryingCountryGovernmentAmericaHouseMillionsAmountLateDollarsBillionsToo LateFriendlyLatinAsiaPeasantsLatin AmericaBefore It's Too Late Author:Malcolm X
“The comics of course, help the movies, because all of the comic fans want to see the movies. And the most amazing thing about it is these movies seem to appeal to young people, to old people, and to people all over the world. They're as popular in China and Latin America as they are here. That's really amazing and gratifying.” PeopleWorldWantHelpingSeemsAmericaYoungCoursesFansChinaComicAppealsLatinOld PeopleAmazing ThingsLatin AmericaMost AmazingReally Amazing Author:Stan Lee
“How can you have a world of today where India is not represented in the Security Council; Japan, the second contributor, is not there; the whole continent of Africa, soon to be 54 countries, don't have a single permanent seat; and Latin America is absent? It's not realistic.” WorldCountryWholeTodayAmericaSecurityIndiaPermanentSeatsJapanLatinRealisticContinentsCouncilAbsentLatin AmericaContributorsSecurity Council Author:Kofi Annan
“When you have difficult issues on the table for discussion, then sometimes for Africa you may have Burundi or Gambia representing them on the Security Council; and then for Latin America you may have a country like Costa Rica, which is a wonderful country but they don't have the same weight as others from the other regions. And sometimes they get bullied. Sometimes their capitals come under lots of pressure to take a position.” MayCountrySometimesAmericaDifficultIssuesWonderfulSecurityPositionWeightPressureTablesDiscussionRegionsLatinCouncilRepresentingLatin AmericaBulliedSecurity CouncilCosta RicaBurundi Author:Kofi Annan
“My government revoked my passport intentionally to leave me exiled. If they really wanted to capture me, they would've allowed me to travel to Latin America, because the CIA can operate with impunity down there. They did not want that; they chose to keep me in Russia.” IfsWantGovernmentWantedAmericaRussiaLatinCaptureLeaving MeCiaLatin AmericaPassportsImpunity Author:Edward Snowden
“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
“Maybe boutique media, maybe people who are reading papers and talking to academics and whatnot, maybe they understand, because they're high-information. But a lot of people are still unaware that I never intended to end up in Russia. They're not aware that journalists were live-tweeting pictures of my seat on the flight to Latin America I wasn't able to board because the US government revoked my passport.” PeopleStillsEndsGovernmentAbleAmericaReadingTalkingMediaInformationPaperRussiaFlightJournalistBoardsSeatsLatinPapersLatin AmericaPassports Author:Edward Snowden
“Mexico City is the center of art and culture and politics and has been and continues to be for Latin America in a way that I think really called to me as an artistic person, as someone that was interested in the politics of Latin America, you know. God, every single famous person in Latin American history and art and politics seems to have found their way to Mexico City.” ThinkingKnowsWayPersonsHas BeensArtSeemsAmericaCultureFoundCitiesArtisticLatinMexicoAmerican HistoryKnowing GodLatin AmericaLatin AmericanMexico CityArt And CultureHistory And Art Author:Junot Diaz
“We need to understand that we need to get the work-life balance better for both men and women - by men taking on more of those roles of homemaking and child rearing - it's an important area that we still haven't got right. I do worry; it's not just in the United States, it's also in parts of Latin America.” MenNeedsChildrenStillsImportantStatesAmericaUnitedRolesWorryUnited StatesHavensBalanceMen And WomenAreasLatinLatin AmericaWork Life BalanceLife BalanceChild RearingHomemaking Author:Mary Robinson
“A couple of years ago I picked up New Yorker writer Alma Guillermoprieto's "The Heart That Bleeds," which is reportage from Latin America in the 1990s. You can predict that some books will give you a thrill, but you can't predict the books that will hit you hard. It is a little bit like falling in love.” GivingYearsHeartLittlesBookHardAmericaFallBitsCoupleLittle BitYears AgoFalling In LoveLatinThrillNew YorkersLatin America Author:Stephen Greenblatt
“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.” MatterFactsBigsAmericaOpportunityLanguageEconomyHugeChinaFocusedZoneLatinMatter Of FactLatin AmericaTime Zones Author:Mitt Romney
“Chevrolet was puzzled when they discovered that their sales for the Chevy Nova were off the charts everywhere but in Latin America. They finally realized that "Nova" in Spanish translates to "no go." Not the best name for a car... anywhere "no va."” AmericaNamesCarLatinTranslateLatin AmericaPuzzledChevyNovasChevrolet Author:Tom Waits
“Trump is much, much worse than people understand. In his ideal world, you would have an alliance between Trump, Putin, Marine Le Pen, maybe a right winger might knock off Merkel in Germany, and you'd have this sort of, essentially, a nationalist populist alliance that can only be made sense of when seen as a right-wing, white nationalism against the world. Because, who do they want to fight? They want to fight Asia and China, they want to fight Latin America and Mexico.” PeopleWorldWantMadeMightAmericaFightingWhiteTrumpIdealsWingsChinaGermanyNationalismPensLatinMexicoAsiaMarinePutinAlliancesRight WingLatin AmericaPopulistIdeal World Author:Van Jones
“Catholicism believes in the Virgen de Guadalupe. The mother of God is worshipped, especially in Latin America. I find her very empowering. I find that the Virgen de Guadalupe allowed me to return to parts of my upbringing I had disregarded.” BelieveAmericaMotherReturnEmpoweringLatinCatholicismUpbringingLatin AmericaDisregardedGuadalupe Author:Sandra Cisneros
“There are times when the gospel just seems to be powerfully at work in a nation, and thousands upon thousands are converted. If you think about what has happened in Latin America, Africa and East Asia all in the last hundred years, it is breathtaking. We have seen an expansion of the gospel as we have never seen before in the history of the church.” IfsThinkingYearsSeemsLastsAmericaNationsChurchHappenedHundredEastLatinExpansionAsiaLatin AmericaBreathtakingEast Asia Author:Mark Dever
“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.” MenNeedsAmericaWinningTypeMen And WomenLatinLatin AmericaLotteryReproductive HealthHealth Services Author:Ruth Simmons
“If you look at social movements in Latin America, there are spaces where alternative politics are thought about on the ground, at the grassroots level, but they are always under threat. The problem in North Africa and the Middle East is the politics of oil. It means that the spaces for truly grassroots politics, involving those masses of people excluded from high politics, are very quickly closed down. They are not really allowed any kind of autonomy to develop, and that seems to be the real problem, which gets us back to the neo-colonial relationship.” PeopleIfsLooksKindMeanRealProblemSeemsAmericaSocialSpaceLevelsMiddleMovementMassThreatOilEastAlternativesLatinMiddle EastAutonomyInvolvingLatin AmericaReal ProblemsExcludedGrassrootsSocial MovementsNorth Africa Author:Nigel Gibson
“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
“It's all a play. Hiroshima and Nagasaki happen, there are hundreds of thousands of dead, and the curtain comes down, and that's the end of that. Then Korea happens. Vietnam happens, all that happened in Latin America happens. And every now and then, this curtain comes down and history begins anew. New moralities and new indignations are manufactured...in a disappeared history.” EndsPlayHappensAmericaHappenedMoralityDown AndLatinVietnamNow And ThenCurtainsKoreaLatin AmericaIndignationHiroshimaHiroshima And Nagasaki Author:Arundhati Roy
“Talk loud enough about human rights and it gives the impression of democracy at work, justice at work. There was a time when the United States waged war to topple democracies, because back then democracy was a threat to the Free Market. Countries were nationalising their resources, protecting their markets.... So then, real democracies were being toppled. They were toppled in Iran, they were toppled all across Latin America, Chile.” GivingHumansWarRealCountryStatesEnoughAmericaJusticeUnitedUnited StatesDemocracyRightsResourcesThreatHuman RightsImpressionLoudIranLatinFree MarketLatin AmericaChile Author:Arundhati Roy
“If you look at the history of the Ford Foundation and Rockefeller, in Latin America, in Indonesia, where almost a million people, mainly Communists, were killed by General Suharto, who was backed by the CIA, in South Africa, in the US Civil Rights Movement - or even now, it's very disturbing. They have always worked closely with the US State Department.” PeopleIfsLooksStatesAmericaMillionsRightsMovementFoundationSouthCivil RightsDepartmentLatinCommunistSouth AfricaDisturbingIndonesiaCiaCivil Rights MovementLatin America Author:Arundhati Roy
“Across the world, in Africa, Asia, Latin America, everywhere, there is a widespread recognition on the part of the parents, too, that the children's life will go much better by being educated. And that applies to girls as well as boys.” WorldWellsChildrenAmericaGirlParentBoysEducatedRecognitionLatinAsiaLatin America Author:Amartya Sen
“My hope is that every country in Latin America will make a significant commitment to supporting early childhood development programs.” CountryAmericaChildhoodDevelopmentCommitmentProgramSignificantLatinLatin AmericaEarly Childhood Author:Shakira
“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
“Venezuela is independent. It's diversifying its exports to a limited extent, instead of just being dependent on exports to the United States. And it's initiating moves toward Latin American integration and independence. It's what they call a Bolivarian alternative and the United States doesn't like any of that.” StatesMovingUnitedUnited StatesIndependentIndependenceAlternativesDependentLatinJust BeingIntegrationLatin AmericaVenezuelaLatin American Author:Noam Chomsky
“Latin America is all moving to the left, from Venezuela to Argentina with rare exceptions, but there's a good left and a bad left.” AmericaMovingLeftExceptionLatinLatin AmericaArgentinaVenezuela Author:Noam Chomsky
“Latin America was the most obedient follower of the neoliberal regime that was instituted by the United States, its allies and the international financial institutions. They followed it most rigorously. Almost everyone who's followed those rules, including the Western countries, have suffered. And in Latin America they suffered severely.” CountryStatesAmericaUnitedUnited StatesInstitutionsWesternIncludingFinancialInternationalLatinFollowersAlliesRegimesObedientLatin AmericaFinancial Institutions Author:Noam Chomsky
“Part of the uprising of Latin America, particularly in the last 10 to 15 years, has been a reaction to [neoliberal regime], and they have thrown out a lot of these measures and moved in a different direction. In earlier years, the US would have overthrown the governments or, one way or another, curtailed them. Now, it can't do that.” WayYearsHas BeensDifferentGovernmentLastsAmericaMovedReactionsOne WayThrownLatinRegimesLatin AmericaUprisingDifferent Directions 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
“The United States turned to repression when its prominence started to slip in Latin America through establishing military dictatorships.” StatesAmericaUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryLatinSlipsDictatorshipRepressionLatin AmericaProminence Author:Alejandro Castro Espin
“Cuba cannot go back to capitalism; we know all the tragic experience that it has generated for Latin America and the world. We also know the positive experiences of socialism not only in our geographic environment but also like what we are witnessing in China.” KnowsWorldAmericaEnvironmentCapitalismChinaSocialismTragicLatinCubaLatin AmericaPositive Experiences Author:Alejandro Castro Espin
“The idea of self-determination was gradually given credibility by international law, and it lent strong emancipatory support to movements of liberation struggling against a West-centric world order. Latin American countries used international law creatively, both to limit the protection of foreign investment by establishing the primacy of national sovereignty in relation to natural resources, and by building support for the norm on non-intervention in internal affairs.” WorldIdeasSelfCountryLawUsedOrderStrongGivenNaturalSupportStruggleMovementBuildingLimitsResourcesDeterminationRelationWestInvestmentAffairInternationalProtectionLiberationInternalsLatinSelf DeterminationSovereigntyNormInterventionCredibilityLatin AmericaNatural ResourcesWorld OrderInternational LawLatin AmericanPrimacyInternal AffairsNational Sovereignty Author:Richard A. Falk
“Revolutions are not exportable: revolutions are created by oppressive conditions which Latin American countries exercise against their peoples.” CountryConditionsRevolutionExerciseLatinLatin AmericaLatin American Author:Che Guevara
“If you ask me the image of Latin America, there are sorne countries which oppress their peoples much more, and among the less - least oppressive, among those with which we could have perfectly normal relations without any difficulties - we could have Uruguay, Chile, maybe Costa Rica. But the U.S.. do not permit us.” IfsCountryAmericaAsksNormalDifficultyRelationAsk MeLatinPermitLatin AmericaChilePerfectly NormalCosta Rica Author:Che Guevara
“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
“There has to be spiritual transformation among the masses, who have to be willing to recognize that their oppression is not a law of nature. That's what Latin American bishops were doing when they formed base communities. They were trying to get peasants to recognize that you can take your fate into your own hands. That's what the civil-rights movement did here. That's what the women's movement did.” TryingHandsSpiritualLawCommunityFateRightsMovementWillingMassTransformationCivil RightsOppressionLatinLaws Of NaturePeasantsCivil Rights MovementBishopsLatin AmericaSpiritual TransformationLatin American Author:Noam Chomsky
“Incidentally, I am intrigued by how many European and Latin American writers expressed their political views in the columns they routinely wrote or write in the popular press, like Saramago, Vargas Llosa, and Eco. This strikes me as one way of avoiding opinionated fiction, and allowing your imagination a broader latitude. Similarly, fiction writers from places like India and Pakistan are commonly expected to provide primers to their country's histories and present-day conflicts. But we haven't had that tradition in Anglo-America.” WayWritingCountryAmericaPoliticalImaginationViewsFictionHavensConflictTraditionIndiaPressesExpectedStrikesOne WayLatinAllowingAvoidingPakistanColumnsLatin AmericaIntriguedPresent DayFiction WritersEcoOpinionatedAmerican WriterLatitudePolitical ViewLatin AmericanIndia And Pakistan Author:Pankaj Mishra
“What we've undergone in recent decades worldwide has been totally insane, and all of this is a result of capitalism. The workforce in Latin America was treated as a vulgar instrument for capital accumulation. Mechanisms of exploitation were imposed, such as outsourcing, labor mediation, and the like.The results are plain to see: greater inequality in Latin America; unemployment is higher than in previous decades; we haven't resolved the problem of poverty; we've lost a great deal of sovereignty.” ProblemPovertyCapitalismLaborInsaneInequalityLatinExploitationSovereigntyVulgarLatin AmericaMediationOutsourcing Author:Rafael Correa
“There's a question of building trust, and I think that President Barack Obama offers trust. Personally, I think he is a transparent individual with the right intentions. So I think things are going to change in terms of U.S. foreign policy, especially with respect to Latin America.” ThinkingIndividualPresidentTermPolicyBuildingIntentionBarackLatinForeign PolicyLatin AmericaPresident Barack Obama Author:Rafael Correa
“The main reason I decided to study Latin American literature was because I'd gotten somewhat bored by the American fiction I was reading. I am not drawn to a specific style or aesthetic. When I think about literature, I think about it in the three languages I read easily - English, Spanish, and Portuguese. The authors I prefer are all very different and are not limited to certain genres or even certain time periods. Reading across three languages is a way for me to diversify my intake as a reader, not to tunnel into certain categories or demographics.” ThinkingDifferentReasonReadingLiteratureLanguageStudyStyleBoredLatinAestheticLatin AmericaAmerican LiteraturePortuguese Author:Adam Morris