#latin america

The progressive movement against the war of occupation in Iraq is a reason for hope, as is resistance to free trade agreements in Latin America. Those are moments that we have to celebrate: that people still find the resolve and energy to resist. ↗

— Danny Glover

#agreements #america #celebrate #energy #find

I asked the producers when I was doing 'Y Tu Mama Tambien' if they could give me a VHS recording of the film that I could show to my family, because in Mexico and Latin America, when you do a film, you don't expect anybody to see it, especially not in the cinema. ↗

— Gael Garcia Bernal

#anybody #asked #because #cinema #could

I didn't go to Latin America thinking, 'I'm gonna write a book. This is what I'm gonna do.' I went there to work for UNICEF and to learn. ↗

— Jenna Bush

#book #go #gonna #i #latin

Anywhere in Latin America there is a potential threat of the pathology of caudillismo and it has to be guarded against. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#america #anywhere #guarded #latin #latin america

Like all of Latin America, Mexico after independence in 1821 turned its back on a triple heritage: on the Spanish heritage, because we were newly liberated colonies, and on our Indian and black heritages, because we considered them backward and barbaric. We looked towards France, England and the U.S., to become progressive democratic republics. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#america #back #backward #barbaric #because

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

— Carlos Fuentes

#america #century #dictatorships #latin #latin america

We need a new Latin American policy that is bold - different. We need to focus on building civil society, focus on the lack of infrastructure. We need look at ways to foster economic opportunity.There needs to be a more comprehensive economic vision in the region. ↗

— Mel Martinez

#american policy #bold #building #civil #civil society

Capitalism has only hurt Latin America. ↗

— Evo Morales

#capitalism #hurt #latin #latin america #only

In Latin America, women are supposed to be voluptuous. They don't believe that you have to be skinny to be attractive. ↗

— Sofia Vergara

#attractive #believe #latin #latin america #skinny

Fascism is a worldwide disease. Its greatest threat to the United States will come after the war, either via Latin America or within the United States itself. ↗

— Henry A. Wallace

#america #come #disease #either #fascism