American Quote by Stephen Kinzer

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

“There is no small irony here: An administration which flaunted its intellectual superiority and its superior academic credentials made the most critical of decisions…

— David Halberstam

During the 1990s the United States sought to impose the 'Washington Consensus' on Latin American governments. It embodied what Latin Americans call 'neo-liberal' principles:…

— Stephen Kinzer

The United States has means to wound Latin American countries deeply, chiefly by altering trade policies to cut imports in ways that would throw…

— Stephen Kinzer

Nowhere is it written that there must be conflict between the United States and China.

— Joe Biden

I knew about some experience on the operational part of the CIA with Latin American services and so forth having to do with torture.…

— Ray McGovern

Over the course of my ministry, I've pastored thousands of Hispanic believers, have ministered in many Latin American countries, and have seen our ministry…

— John MacArthur

“Marcos Evangelista Pérez Jiménez was a general in the Venezuelan army and served as the President of Venezuela from 1952 to 1958. He brought…

— Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One

I was staying at the Konchucos Tambo lodge, next to the Huascaran national park, near Chavin. Sitting here on its veranda, I was beginning…

— Mark Barrowcliffe

I want people to read good work. If I see someone reading a book by Lorrie Moore or Jennifer Egan, I'm psyched. If I…

— Daniel Alarcon

“The decline of geography in academia is easy to understand: we live in an age of ever-increasing specialization, and geography is a generalist's discipline.…

— Ken Jennings

I'm a writer. In Latin America, they say I'm a Latin-American writer because I also write in Spanish and my books are translated, but…

— Isabel Allende

The Latin American Left, the criollos, direct descendents of Spaniards, they don't want to accept that they are the whites of Latin America. They…

— Bocafloja

Venezuela, with Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, is a full member of Mercosur. And many other Latin American countries, CARICOM, Bolivia have expressed their support…

— Hugo Chavez

I'm a first generation American. My mother is Italian and Russian and a lot of other things, and my father is Uruguayan. In fact,…

— Sebastian Arcelus