What's happened at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq is one of the grossest violations of human rights under the Geneva Conventions that we have record of. It is simply monstrous.
From Carlos Fuentes
The historical problem of the United States is to admit that it is a multiracial and multi-ethnic nation.
Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
I am a morning writer; I am writing at eight-thirty in longhand and I keep at it until twelve-thirty, when I go for a swim. Then I come back, have lunch, and read in the afternoon until I take my walk for the next day's writing.
Contrary to the macho culture of Mexico, both my grandmothers were very brave young widows. I was always very close to these hard-working, intelligent women.
The United States condoned dictatorships in Latin America for much of the 20th century.
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