Quoted
"No body cared that for the past three years we had a president who violated laws"
Jackie Foglia Sandoval, former president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Honduras, on international protests against ouster of President Manuel Zelaya, as quoted by Latin Business Chronicle, June 29, 2009
"People pretend to pay taxes and the state pretends to give services"
Marcelo Giugale, World Bank director, on Latin America's Catch-22, in Latin Business Chronicle, June 17, 2009
"Remind me never to play poker with that guy"
Aberdeen Asset analyst Edwin Gutierrez, on Ecuador President Rafael Correa's gamble on debt renegotiation, as quoted by Bloomberg, June 16, 2009
"The thumbs of politics are weighing heavily on the scales of justice in Ecuador"
Chevron spokeman James Craig on meddling by Ecuador president Rafael Correa in a lawsuit against the US company, as quoted by The Washington Post, April 28, 2009
"These guys have profit margins that are off the charts"
Citi analyst Stephen Trent on Panama's Copa Airlines, as quoted by Investor's Business Daily, April 28, 2009
"Searching for substance in the 21-page Declaration is akin to looking for a polar bear in a snowstorm"
FIU professor Jerry Haar on the Summit of the Americas, Latin Business Chronicle, April 23, 2009,
"Raul "Castro is allowing the Cuban people to enter at full speed the twentieth century — except we’re in the twenty-first" century. "
Otto Reich, President Bush's former special envoy to Latin America, as quoted by Newsmax, April 6, 2009
"This is the antithesis of competitiveness"
Mexican Economy Minister Gerardo Ruiz Mateos, on the U.S. restrictions on Mexican trucks entering the United States, as quoted by Bloomberg, March 18, 2009
