Country Quote by Riordan Roett

Long live the Unity of Latin America.

— Hugo Chavez

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

In fairness, Latin America's elected civilian leaders have made progress in some areas. They have brought their countries back to international respectability, curbed flagrant…

— 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

Latin America is now exploring new and often promising paths in rejecting the doctrinal notions of "globalization," and also in the remarkable growth of…

— Noam Chomsky

Latin America, for the first time in 500 years, is moving towards a degree of independence.

— Noam Chomsky

Conflict with the United States is one of the overwhelming facts of Latin American history.

— Stephen Kinzer

To be seen and to be respected for my work and acknowledged as a true American Latina... means a lot to me.

— Zoe Saldana

Latin America has not achieved the development that it deserves... I'm not optimistic for all of Latin America, not only for Central America.

— Óscar Arias

We need a new Latin American policy that is bold - different. We need to focus on building civil society, focus on the lack…

— Mel Martinez

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

Now the masses of Latin America are electing governments they feel can take forward the democratic reforms of the last 20 years, and transform…

— Carlos Fuentes