American war Quote by Alvaro Uribe

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

— Carlos Fuentes

When I was at university in the Fifties, Latin America was full of dictators. Trujillo was the emblematic figure because, of course, of his…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

During the Cold War, tensions between the West and the Soviet Union affected virtually all countries worldwide. As a result, throughout Latin America, guerrilla…

— Juan Manuel Santos

In Latin America, in the past, it was almost impossible to guarantee democracy. There were military dictatorships, and nowadays there are not so many…

— Evo Morales

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

— Alejandro Castro Espin

Insurgents throughout Iraq continue to threaten our efforts and pose a danger to stability in the region. They fight not for their country, but…

— Paul Gillmor

By the late 1970s, repression and economic chaos were causing increasing unrest throughout Latin America. Army strongmen were forced to cede power in Peru,…

— Stephen Kinzer

Most governments in the United States in a hundred years have not respected the peoples of Latin America. They have sponsored coup d'etats, assassinations.

— Hugo Chavez

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

— Stephen Kinzer

There are very interesting books about these events, for instance one by a very well-known American historian named William R. Polk called Violent Politics.…

— Noam Chomsky

Very unusual in an insurgency to have absolutely no political agenda other than to return to power. Most insurgents have a political side to…

— Jack Keane

In Iraq, we did have dictators, we did have times of war but it never reached the point where one person, or a group,…

— Yanar Mohammed