I was the first person to come into New York with a Latin…

I'm a first generation American. My mother is Italian and Russian and a lot of other things, and my father is Uruguayan. In fact,…

— Sebastian Arcelus

A white leftist Mexican activist isn't the same in the media as the son of a farmer in Guerrero, they aren't worth the same.…

— Bocafloja

The United States has means to wound Latin American countries deeply, chiefly by altering trade policies to cut imports in ways that would throw…

— Stephen Kinzer

“From 1976 to 1983, Washington supported a devastating military dictatorship in Argentina that ran all branches of government, outlawed elections, and encouraged school and…

— Benjamin Dangl

I do feel fortunate to have some knowledge of the great Latin American writers, including some that are probably not that well known in…

— Daniel Alarcon

Panama's a really wonderful country. There's obviously the Panama Canal, which brings a lot of tourism, and a huge American influence; it's just a…

— J. August Richards

The Latin American has no tribe to fall back on, as the African does, no reliable judiciary to defend his rights as the European…

— Ted Simon

My friend, Dennis Mathis, was reading Eastern European and Japanese experimental writers, and I brought the Latin American writers to his attention, so we…

— Sandra Cisneros

For 500 years, since European explorers came, Latin American countries had been separated from one another. They had very limited relations. Integration is a…

— Noam Chomsky

I knew about some experience on the operational part of the CIA with Latin American services and so forth having to do with torture.…

— Ray McGovern

I was staying at the Konchucos Tambo lodge, next to the Huascaran national park, near Chavin. Sitting here on its veranda, I was beginning…

— Mark Barrowcliffe

I want people to read good work. If I see someone reading a book by Lorrie Moore or Jennifer Egan, I'm psyched. If I…

— Daniel Alarcon

I'm a writer. In Latin America, they say I'm a Latin-American writer because I also write in Spanish and my books are translated, but…

— Isabel Allende

The Latin American Left, the criollos, direct descendents of Spaniards, they don't want to accept that they are the whites of Latin America. They…

— Bocafloja

It is very unusual for someone from Latin American society to openly stand by his homosexuality. In my hometown, there are still lots of…

— Orlando Cruz