American Quote by Jaime Lerner

I have a very deep care for Latin America, and, of course, for what was going on in El Salvador.

— Raul Julia

One of the remarkable things about slums is that they do develop their own social organization and economy and even culture that is, on…

— Geoffrey West

The slums are not a place of despair. Its inhabitants are all working towards a better life.

— Vikas Swarup

It's almost as if people think that in Latin America we're not hip to what's happening here.

— Ruben Blades

The Roman Curia has its defects, but it seems to me that people often overemphasize its defects and talk too little about the health…

— Pope Francis

In Rio, 1.4 million of the 6.3 million people live in favelas, or slums. They are all over the city, but favelas are not…

— Eduardo Paes

I must try and break through the cliches about Latin America. Superpowers and other outsiders have fought over us for centuries in ways that…

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Latin America is not that different from the rest of the world. Some of us have been trying to get from the edges into…

— Daniela Vega

I know that Perugia is probably the least-welcome place for me in the entire world.

— Amanda Knox

Perhaps no country in Latin America is more picturesque than Bolivia, and the most memorable Bolivian city may be Potosi.

— Nicholas Kristof

Latin America seemed to be a land where there were only dictators, revolutionaries, catastrophes. Now we know that Latin America can produce also artists,…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

Sometimes, from outside, and from America especially, where the racial tension is so intense, you tend to understand Brazil as a kind of ideal…

— Gilberto Gil