Quoted
"Neither Evita nor Hillary"
Cristina Fernandez, frontrunner in Argentina's presidential elections, on comparisons with Hillary Clinton and Evita Peron, as quoted by AP, October 24, 2007
"His main "achievements" were the repressed inflation that led to rationing and the expropriation of all private banks"
Jorge Salazar-Carrillo, Florida International University, remembers Che Guevara, as quoted by Latin Business Chronicle, October 15, 2007
"The people of Costa Rica have said "si" to opportunity, "si" to investment, and "si" to a prosperous future."
US Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, October 8, 2007, on the CAFTA vote in Costa Rica
"This is probably like a bucket of cold water over them"
Ecuador Oil Minister Galo Chiriboga on the government's decree to hike its royalties from 50 to 99 percent, as quoted by Reuters, October 5, 2007
"Why does a central bank need to be independent? It is a grand fallacy of the 1990s"
Ecuador President Rafael Correa, quoted by Bloomberg, September 25, 2007
"Buying Banespa was like a snake devouring a cow -- it takes a long time to digest"
Luis Miguel Santacreu, Austin Rating, on Santander's acquisition of Banespa, as quoted by Bloomberg, September 17, 2007
"It's impossible to isolate politics from the sanctions on Shell"
Francisco Mezzadri, former head of CMS Energy Corp.'s Argentine unit, on the Kirchner government's repeated actions against Shell, as quoted by Bloomberg, September 6, 2007
"Brazil is doing so well that not even the worst pessimist can be pessimistic."
Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, quoted by AP, June 18, 2007
