It's no secret that Cuba is a typical Latin American culture in that it has a fair amount of homophobia. Homosexuals have been notoriously persecuted under Fidel's government.

Well, by the standards of a lot of countries, by Latin American standards, it wasn't so bad.

I'm surprised and disappointed in American culture.

There are so many opportunities here that don't exist in Latin American.

We want to engage in ever closer synergy with Latin American and Caribbean partners.

My father was a businessman, but my mother was an intellectual. She cared about culture, politics, and philosophy, so I became interested in the protest aspect of Latin American art.