For 500 years, since European explorers came, Latin American countries had been separated from one another. They had very limited relations. Integration is a prerequisite for independence.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Latin America is convinced that, starting with South America, our way forward is to consolidate the process of integration: not theoretical integration - the integration of speeches - but physical integration, with infrastructure, with roads, with railways, with communications, with energy.
Latin America has much richer resources. You'd expect it to be far more advanced than East Asia, but it had the disadvantage of being under imperialist wings.
I must try and break through the cliches about Latin America. Superpowers and other outsiders have fought over us for centuries in ways that have nothing to do with our problems. In reality we are all alone.
I would say that the U.S. has overlooked Latin America. Their priorities have always been somewhere else. And that is a problem and that is a mistake.
During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Latin America moved decisively away from military rule and toward civilian democracy.
Conflict with the United States is one of the overwhelming facts of Latin American history.
I am so proud of my heritage and of being Latina. I would most definitely consider roles in Latin America.
The United States condoned dictatorships in Latin America for much of the 20th century.
Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed.
Long live the Unity of Latin America.