America Quote by Michele Montas

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

— Noam Chomsky

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

The former colonies, in Latin America in particular, have a better chance than ever before to overcome centuries of subjugation, violence and foreign intervention,…

— Noam Chomsky

America's relationship with Haiti has always been very complicated. I often say to people, "Before we came to America, America came to us in…

— Edwidge Danticat

I would say that the U.S. has overlooked Latin America. Their priorities have always been somewhere else. And that is a problem and that…

— Sebastian Pinera

They didn't need to be specifically South American or Latin American. Instead we discovered we were talking about human beings in general. We realized…

— Alex Abreu

The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador attain…

— Jean-Bertrand Aristide

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

— Carlos Fuentes

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

Long live the Unity of Latin America.

— Hugo Chavez

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