The Battle of Venezuela
Written by Michael McCaughan
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $12.95
In August 2004, the Venezuelan public came out in record numbers to deliver an overwhelming vote of confidence. After many attempts to unseat him, Hugo Chåvez, the former military man who took the country first by coup and then by ballot, again emerged as the people’s choice. It was, in his...
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Colombia and the United States
War, Unrest and Destabilization
Written by Mario A. Murillo
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $10.95
Every year the United States spends millions of dollars to help the war-ravaged country of Colombia. But help it with what? In Colombia and the U.S. Mario Murillo explores the misdirected and devastating impact that U.S. military "aid" continues to have on the war torn-people of Colombia. Beginning with a brief...
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Looking for History
Dispatches from Latin America
Written by Alma Guillermoprieto
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.99
From the
esteemed
New Yorker correspondent comes an incisive volume of essays and reportage that vividly illuminates Latin America’s recent history. Only Alma Guillermoprieto, the most highly regarded writer on the region, could unravel the complex threads of Colombia’s cocaine wars or assess the combination of despotism, charm, and political jiu-jitsu...
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Stealing Benefacio's Roses
A Mayan Epic
Written by Martin Prechtel
Format: Trade Paperback, 392 pages
On Sale: June 7, 2006
Price: $18.95
Following the acclaimed Secrets of
The Talking Jaguar and
Long Life, Honey in the Heart, this is an expansive, lyrical novel in the tradition of indigenous oral storytelling. Based on the author's many years of living in a Guatemalan village,
Stealing Benefacio's Roses interweaves dramatic recountings of village life and the...
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The Battle of Venezuela
Written by Michael McCaughan
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: June 7, 2005
Price: $12.95
In August 2004, the Venezuelan public came out in record numbers to deliver an overwhelming vote of confidence. After many attempts to unseat him, Hugo Chåvez, the former military man who took the country first by coup and then by ballot, again emerged as the people’s choice. It was, in his...
Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Colombia and the United States
War, Unrest and Destabilization
Written by Mario A. Murillo
Format: Trade Paperback, 232 pages
On Sale: September 2, 2003
Price: $10.95
Every year the United States spends millions of dollars to help the war-ravaged country of Colombia. But help it with what? In Colombia and the U.S. Mario Murillo explores the misdirected and devastating impact that U.S. military "aid" continues to have on the war torn-people of Colombia. Beginning with a brief...
Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.