Latin American Studies Fan Prints

King Chavez

"There's only one 'L' in colosseum."

'Uh-oh... when mom calls me by my full latin species name, I'm in big trouble.'

80 years for Montt

"She introduces herself as Drosophila Melanogaster, but everyone knows she's just a common fruit fly."

Carpe diem

'Wow Fred! The scientists that caught you called you 'Carcharodon Carcharias'... Wait till I tell the others...'

"Baldo, negative stereotypes that insult people serve no purpose! What people really want is thoughtful, family-oriented material."

'Let your people go? - That would destabilize the whole REGION!'

"Carpe the per diem."

Evo Morales.

"I wish I'd put in a stair lift."

Wordplay: Verbs.

"It was contributed by the French contingent."

The End Of A Great Partnership....

Breaking Bad News; doctor to patient - 'OK; now does anyone know the Latin word for crab?'

"In Mexico and El Salvador, they call cake 'pastel.' Colombians and Argentines call it a 'torta.' Puerto Ricans and 'Domicans call it 'bizcocho.' And Cubans call it 'keik.'"

'Misspelled...anything helps'

'It's almost unfair. . . their swords aren't even pointy.'

Venezuela

Pilgrim settler blows smoke signals from his pipe, which are insulting to an Indian brave.

'Personally I don't have any complaints, McKraus, but the Gruppenfuhrer would like a word.'

Prices of public transport in Cuba

Hernan Cortes

'Seize the day trader. I love it.'

A Latin Primer: Horizontalis and Depressus

'I can't seem to recall the Latin term for 'little green pill that makes you feel better.' '

The Past of Pope Francis.

London Poor Crouching in Street

'I learned how to say 'sod the poor' in Latin.'

Hugo Chavez.

Chavez gave few details of what is expected of Cuban help.

Poor Woman Carrying Water

'Well, see you later -- don't lurk too hard.'

Jose Alberto "Pepe" Mujica