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

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

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.

The fascists in most Latin American countries tell the people that the reason their wages will not buy as much in the way of goods is because of Yankee imperialism. The fascists in Latin America learn to speak and act like natives.

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