Top 10 quotes from Lima: Day 2

In the future, a single visa might cover all of Latin America, the tree of capitalism could change its shape and Peruvian cuisine will be as popular as pizza – the top 10 quotes and insights from the World Economic Forum in Lima.

“No one is more optimistic with respect to the future than Latin Americans.”
– Marcelo Côrtes Neri, Minister of Strategic Affairs of Brazil
(Session: Unleashing the Power of the Middle Class)

“In the future, we want Latin America to work like Europe, with one visa for the whole region.”
– Rafael Roncagliolo, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru
(Session: Integrating Latin America)

“We’ve captured a lot of prisoners in the drugs war. But the drugs business is huge – US$ 84 billion a year.”
– José Miguel Insulza Secretary-General, Organization of American States (OAS), Washington DC
(Session: Drugs Policy: Untangling the Knot)

“For the first time, we are seeing fewer people leaving Latin America than before. Talent is coming into the region. There is a reverse trend.”
– Luis A. Moreno, President, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington DC
(Session: Delivering a Promising Future)

“If we want to achieve social transformation, the right to education is a fundamental principle.”
– Baroness Valerie Amos, Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, United Nations, New York
(Session: Delivering a Promising Future)

“I want Peru’s cuisine to reach the market value of Italian cuisine. The youngsters who are involved in Peruvian cuisine now are going to write that history.”
– Gastón Acurio, world-renowned Peruvian chef
(Session: An Insight, An Idea)

“The crisis is an opportunity for Latin American integration. All eyes are set on emerging economies.”
Felipe Larraín Bascuñán, Minister of Finance of Chile
(Session: Integrating Latin America)

“Latin America is showing today that public policies to address this phenomenon are imperfect and incomplete. We confuse the victims and the criminals.”
– Oscar Adolfo Naranjo Trujillo, Security expert and Director, Instituto Latinoamericano de Ciudadanía – ILC, Mexico
(Session: Drugs Policy: Untangling the Knot)

“Capitalism has flexible branches. We are in one of those moments when the tree isn’t breaking, but it’s bending.”
– Hernando de Soto, President, Instituto Libertad y Democracia, Peru
(Session: Delivering a Promising Future)

“Our destiny is to come together as a region and grapple with an increasingly complex world.”
– Alicia Barcena Ibarra, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Santiago
(Session: Integrating Latin America)