America Quote by Eduardo Galeano

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

Latin America was the most obedient follower of the neoliberal regime that was instituted by the United States, its allies and the international financial…

— Noam Chomsky

The American influence is not so aggressive anymore. The American big business influence in Latin America is not as strong, so people can vote…

— Costa-Gavras

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

— Carlos Fuentes

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

The countries made themselves independent from Spain, but only changed owners, who stayed in positions of power were the criollos, the Spanish descendants who…

— Bocafloja

Well, by the standards of a lot of countries, by Latin American standards, it wasn't so bad.

— Paul A. Volcker

Part of the uprising of Latin America, particularly in the last 10 to 15 years, has been a reaction to [neoliberal regime], and they…

— Noam Chomsky

To be powerful in South America, you have to be transparent and you have to have a very clean reputation. Transparency for me today…

— Eike Batista

A lot of the countries of Latin America, they may not agree on everything, from how to run your economy to human rights, but…

— Margaret Warner

Today, everybody is more or less conscious of the total failure of the Cuban revolution to produce wealth, to produce a better standard of…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

Latin Americans glorify their past so ceaselessly that they make it almost impossible to advocate change.

— Óscar Arias