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There will be a metamorphosis in the physical life of the inhabitants of America, in which a new caste will be produced, with a mixture of all races, creating the homogeneity of the people

— Simón Bolívar

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Quoted in "Selected works" ("Obras selectas") by Gilberto Alzate Avendaño. Pg 8.

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