I helped purify Nicaragua for
I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar interests in 1916. In China I helped to see to it that Standard Oil went its way unmolested.
– Smedley Butler
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- I am Dominican American. My father was born and raised in the U.S. and his heritage is German and Eastern European, and my mother hails from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. – Monica Raymund
- By the late 1970s, repression and economic chaos were causing increasing unrest throughout Latin America. Army strongmen were forced to cede power in Peru, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras and the Dominican Republic. – Stephen Kinzer
- Just about every Latin American country has sent players to the big leagues, from the Dominican Republic to Costa Rica. – Cheech Marin
- Perhaps the great American Republic, whose interests lie in the Pacific and who has no hand in the spoliation of Africa, may someday dream of foreign possession. – Jose Rizal
- My parents, fleeing a repressive regime in the Dominican Republic, were embraced by this country and taught us to love it in return. After my father served proudly in the U.S. Army, they settled in Buffalo, N.Y., and were able to live the American Dream. – Thomas Perez
- The majority of Taiwan people cannot accept Taiwan becoming a second Hong Kong, nor can we accept Taiwan becoming a local government of the People’s Republic of China or a Special Administrative Region of China. – Chen Shui-bian
- I never had to learn English, French and German because I was brought up as all three languages. I had a private French teacher before I even went to school. That helped a lot. – Karl Lagerfeld
- When I was living in the Dominican Republic, the local kids became a part of my family. – Maika Monroe
- I believe it is my responsibility to do what I can for children and people with Down syndrome as well as in my native Dominican Republic. – Albert Pujols
- To those she did not like . she was a stiletto made of sugar. – John Mason Brown