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We have a pride of who we are as Latinos, regardless if we're Puerto Rican, Dominican, Venezuelan, and we're very proud of our customs and our history and our traditions and who we are.
Those who enter the country illegally violate the law.
The Ecuadorian, Mexican, Dominican and Salvadorian cooks I've worked with over the years make most CIA-educated white boys look like clumsy, sniveling little punks. In
I don't like the gringos at all. They are very boring and all have faces like unbaked rolls.
They (the people of Puerto Rico) are truly the sweetest people on earth.
Everyone has a Latino inside them.
People with no upper-body strength, who read poetry. These are my people.
How have relations with Iran and Belarus benefited Venezuela? We are interested in countries that have democracies, that respect human rights, that we have an affinity with. What affinity do we have with Iran?
I think Canadians, they may be offended that I pointed out that they're stalking us. But at least we're paying attention.
You." So they said, "You'll kill our poor women. You'll kill our children." This is
Americans who may be going to the largest embassy we've ever had.
A Spaniard and a Pole worked in the barbershop where we got our hair cut. An Italian shined our shoes. A Croat washed our car. This was America.
You know what really fries my Puerto rican pancakes?
A people without the knowledge of ...
Venezuela is a free country, and we will not be blackmailed by anyone. We will not accept being told what to do over Iran; we will not accept being anyone's colony.
Do not mislead Perez Anna or malign the people who have sheltered you for over twenty years. We are not - what is the word for eaters of one another?"
"Capitalists," said Anna.
Los Padres have everything and the people have nothing; 'tis the masterpiece of reason and justice. For my part, I know nothing so divine as Los Padres who make war on Kings of Spain and Portugal and in Europe act as their confessors; who here kill Spaniards and at Madrid send them to Heaven.
a bunch of depressed, overeducated shut-ins, but they seemed human to her.
I think of all those who believed in a Latin American paradise and died in a Latin American hell.
Being born in Cuba, a country where freedom of speech is non-existent, it's startling to observe how Venezuela, where I was happily raised, is fast becoming Cuba's mirror image: Dismantling of fundamental democratic rights deserved by its people and citizens of the world.
who lived along the U.S. side of the border.
Laistry ... I can't even say that. What would you call them in English?"
"Canadians.
The Mexicans descend from the Aztecs; the Peruvians descend from the Incas; the Argentineans descend from the boats.
Some of the best cooks that I've cooked with, whether it's in New York or Chicago or even here in Philadelphia, are actually Ecuadorians. And there's something about their palates that really just inspires me, and has a really deep sense of flavor.
Oh I don't know about that." - The Manteceros
La di da di, we likes to party
We don't cause trouble, we don't bother nobody.
There are only three million people in Uruguay, but there is such hunger for glory: you'll do anything to make it; you have that extra desire to run, to suffer. I can't explain our success, but I think that's a reason.
The Cadiz tribe, not used to bearing our yoke.
Latinos can do anything.
Summer Islanders. That's how they mourn. They answer death with life.
We knew Down South. Everyone had one. Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico.
The rich. You know why they're so odd? Because they can afford to be.
They [Americans] augur misgovernment at a distance and snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze.
We of the South,
Stupid, fragile mortals.
Of all the peoples of Europe, Spaniards disgust me the least.
People say "the Americans" or "the United States," as if it was a kind of bloc. It's not. There's a lot of people thinking differently from other people in the U.S. This is very interesting to me and very important.
Activists are killed in Mexico.
I'm Cuban, so I know a lot of people who act like vampires. But wait, vampires have to be invited to your house, so maybe they are nothing like Latinos!
There will be a winner. There will a president-elect. But there will not be a defeated people. Tomorrow, we are only one country, only one Venezuela. Tomorrow in the country there are many problems that we have to resolve. Problems do not wait.
The first to come and the last to go, working for that minimum wage.
The march to the center of Caracas will not be permitted. I will use a hard hand against fascism and intolerance. I declare it. If they want to overthrow me, come and get me. Here I am, with the people and the armed forces.
Chavez made a compete fool of himself in front of the entire world while giving the U.N. a black eye. But the real losers are the Venezuelan people who have to put up with this unstable character every day.
In Venezuela, which doesn't have thousands of prestige universities like the U.S., people usually stay at home while attending to college. After they graduate, they move for a job or get married.
Comrade [Rafael] Correa gets it right, most of the time. This is new, 'final' offensive of the Empire in Latin America.
The only thing we need to know is this: they bring home a paycheck.
The Latino military fare badly when they stumble into war with the gringos. But in the torture, murder, and massacre of their own people, they have always performed with brilliance and elan.
Around here, I'm pretty sure 'us' means Texans, and 'them' means the other seven billion on the planet.
Southerners...People partial to front porches, peaches, cool breezes, fast horses, sweet tea, bourbon, beautiful women and handsome men!
In Venezuela, when I was living there, crime was growing. You couldn't feel safe anywhere. You couldn't leave your car in the street because it would be stolen. You coun't live in your house if you didn't have a high-security alarm system, because you would be burglarized seven times a week.
Classical music in Venezuela is now something like a pop concert. You can see people screaming or crying because they don't have a ticket.
The fact is ... that when totalitarian nations like China and Saudi Arabia play ball with U.S. business interests, we like them just fine. But when Venezuela's freely elected president threatens powerful corporate interests, the Bush administration treats him as an enemy.
Africans, we hold on to our youths and whip them into shape.
A black, a Puerto Rican and a Mexican are in a car. Who's driving? The police.
Some of the stupidest brilliant people who ever lived.
A people whose souls are so little tuned to joy.
We the People . . . The People of the Long House.
The Brazilians were South American, and the Ukranians will be more European.
They say African Americans. I say black people. I've only been to Africa once. I've been in America all my life!
Cuban public is special - they participate, generate a lot of energy, both in a positive and negative sense. It's always an expressive audience.
Our arguments - and those of hundreds more Venezuelans suffering the same injustice - are clear and forceful: political disqualification violates laws in Venezuela and throughout the continent.
In wartime, people willing to sacrifice liberty for security.
Colombians! My last wish is for the happiness of the patria. If my death contributes to the end of partisanship and the consolidation of the union, I shall be lowered in peace into my grave.
The TV people. I like calling them that. The TV people. And they have TVs for heads and their faces can change when the channels change.
Anyone who pretends to "understand" Latin America is a fool.
People in Latin America ... love America from afar and emulate America in some ways but also hate a lot of things that America does to them.
Them which is of other naturs thinks different.
poachers and Methodies, of course. Oh,
I'm afraid I didn't really like Caracas in Venezuela. From what I saw it seemed so crime-ridden that you really have to be on your guard all the time.
The very mudsills of society. We call them slaves. But I will not characterize that class at the North with that term; but you have it. It is there, it is everywhere, it is eternal.
In my town, and especially in my area, there were people from everywhere: Algerians, Senegalese, French people, Asians, all kinds of immigrants and natives, and everyone circulated.
All the people? There are a few, I think, six or seven. I glimpsed them years ago. But you never know where to find them. The wind blows them about. They don't have roots, which causes them a lot of problems.
The Welsh ... I mean, what are they for?
Who are our enemies? Who are our friends? This is a question of the first importance for the revolution.
People are universal.
They're people, aren't they? We were quite willing to import them when they made money for us.
They drink with impunity, or anybody who invites them.
In Colombia maybe 95% of the population follow Formula One. It's crazy.
So, Americans, then. Self-appointed vigilante defenders of the world, kind of like Superman, if Superman was retarded and only fought crime when he felt like it.
The Colombians are good-tempered people. They are used to waiting for buses that are late, used to riding buses and trains that do not arrive.
Venezuela's oil is unimportant for Bolivia. We are not dependent on Venezuela. We complement each other. Venezuela shares its wealth with other countries, but that doesn't make us subordinate.
Sneaks, spies, defenders, heroes, masterminds, tenacious bastards - it doesn't matter what you call us. We're the ones who will do whatever it takes to stop those who believe they're entitled to wealth and power at the expense of others."
"The family business," Yelena said, smiling.
But who will bang on their doors demanding entry?
Our friends, the enemy.
It's possible this whole "Why do Latinos love Morrisey?" question will haunt us forever. Fortunately, Canadian academics are on the case.
What are eight million dollars compared to the love of eight million Cubans?
I lost a friend I was blessed to have. My thoughts are with the family of President Chavez and the people of Venezuela.
The decisions and problems of Uruguay will be resolved by Uruguayans.
Who is the public now that it has changed color?
Millions of Spaniards have Catalonia in their hearts.
Chinese people themselves, they really want change.
The Americans are the most gullible, because they don't like to deny co-workers' requests.
The rich - they just live in another realm, really.
Well, I don't know how to break this to you, but I think they might have noticed we broke into Gringotts.
I am Ecuadorian but people felt so safe passing me off as a skinny, blue-eyed white girl.
The ignorant majority, which does however possess one thing in abundance: It is raring for a fight.
You must not judge people by their country. In South America, it is always wise to judge people by their altitude.
In Ecuador, if I go after an Ecuadoran, I'm in trouble; if I go after a Costa Rican, I'm a hero.
We believe in loving our brothers regardless of race, color or creed and we believe in showing this love by working for better conditions immediately and the ultimate owning by the workers of their means of production.
Those Europeans, they know how to negotiate.