Quoted
"This problem is not resolved in a friendly way. They are slamming the door, without negotiating"
Christian Reos, an analyst at Allaria Ledesma brokerage in Buenos Aires, on the Argentine repayment of Paris Club debt without having an IMF agreement in place, as quoted by Reuters, September 2, 2008
"Unless they now swallow that pride, it will be followed by a fall."
The Economist, August 21, 2008, on the Kirchners in Argentina
"The government's numbers are a joke"
Argentine political and economic analyst Federico Thomsen on the official inflation statistics, as quoted by Bloomberg, August 11, 2008
"It is no longer a question of “if,” it is now a question of “when” the Kirchners will be ousted"
Walter Molano, hea of research at BCP Securities, in Latin Business Chronicle, August 11, 2008
"I go ahead even if it’s illegal. I later tell the lawyers, 'If it’s illegal, you make it legal.'"
Bolivian President Evo Morales, as quoted by The New York Times, August 8, 2008
"I was nothing. Today, I am in heaven"
Maria Auxiliadora Sampaio, on benefiting from Bolsa Familia and microloans in Brazil, as quoted in The New York Times, July 31, 2008
"Passengers on Latin American carriers, regardless of travel class, expect chicken cordon bleu and cabernet, not pretzels and Dr. Pepper."
Jerry Haar, associate dean and professor at the College of Business Administration at Florida International University, as quoted by Latin America Advisor, June 2008
"The poor are not poor just because others are rich"
Manuel Ayau, founder of Francisco Marroquin University in Guatemala, as quoted by Los Angeles Times, June 6, 2008
"The political cowardice the Democrats are showing with regard to the U.S.-Colombia FTA is truly astonishing"
National Review editorial, May 20, 2008
"We feel these guys are nothing but con men"
Chevron spokesman Don Campbell on the Ecuadorian winners of the Goldman Environmental Prize, as quoted by AP, April 14, 2008
"Speaker Pelosi got her 3:00 a.m. call and said, ‘I’m not answering it.”"
John Walters, US Director National Drug Control Policy, April 10, 2008, on Speaker Nancy Pelosi's efforts to block a vote on the Colombia-US free trade agreement
"Su Casa es Mi Casa"
Craig Kelly, US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, describing populism in Latin America, at an AACCLA luncheon, Coral Gables, USA, January 24, 2008
"A trip to Madrid? A thousand euros. Another to Barcelona? 1,500 euros. Shutting up Chavez? Priceless. "
Popular Venezuelan joke, referring to recent request by the Spanish king for Venezuelan president Juan Carlos to shut up, as quoted by El Pais, Spain, November 18, 2007
