Today the winds of hope blow through Latin America and the Caribbean.

[An Ortega victory in November would leave Latin America with a third U.S. antagonist in the region, along with Cuba's Fidel Castro and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez. It would] raise the morale of Latin America, ... Other countries will say, 'Look, that small country got away with it. So can we!' We will spread the revolution.

I think I'm an American writer writing about Latin America, and I'm a Latin American writer who happens to write in English.

I've never heard of any other institution like this in Latin America or the world. It's really bizarre.

Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!

Long live the Unity of Latin America.