Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed.

Well, by the standards of a lot of countries, by Latin American standards, it wasn't so bad.

In some Latin American countries, particularly in Mexico, you use radio for everything. You don't have cable, you don't even have televisions. So your life is around the radio for information, entertainment, news. When you come here, you still listen to the radio.

There are so many opportunities here that don't exist in Latin American.

We want to engage in ever closer synergy with Latin American and Caribbean partners.

Colombia has a huge variety of plant and animal species, and we have enormous potential. Small and mid-sized companies should come to Colombia. From here, they have access to the entire Latin American market.