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The Beast

by Óscar Martínez

“A revelatory work of love and hair-raising courage.” – New York Review of Books

25 posts
Marx and Freud in Latin America

by Bruno Bosteels
The turbulent continent through the eyes of Marx and Freud.
7 posts
The New Mole

by Emir Sader

The balance sheet of the Left in the turbulent Latin American continent.

9 posts
Hugo Chávez and the Bolivarian Revolution

by Richard Gott
A revealing account of the leader at the forefront of Latin America’s socialist revolution.
16 posts

The Overthrow of Colonial Slavery

by Robin Blackburn

"One of the finest studies of slavery and abolition."—Eric Foner

13 posts
Who Is Rigoberta Menchú?

by Greg Grandin

Leading historian takes on the lies told about Rigoberta Menchú’s bestselling memoir.

4 posts
Damming the Flood

by Peter Hallward
“A marvelous book ... riveting and deeply informed.”—Noam Chomsky
14 posts
I, Rigoberta Menchú

by Rigoberta Menchú
The best-selling account of the life of Latin American peasant woman and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
14 posts

Filming Pancho

by Margarita de Orellana
An absorbing look at how early twentieth-century Hollywood shaped the US’s conception of Mexico.
The Bolivarian Revolution

by Simon Bolivar

A collection of documents from iconic revolutionary, Símon Bolívar, introduced by Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela.

8 posts
Pirates of the Caribbean

by Tariq Ali

Fully updated edition of this fiery polemic on Latin America’s challenge to US-led neoliberalism.

16 posts
Revolutionary Horizons

by Forrest Hylton and Sinclair Thomson
A comprehensive history of insurrection in Bolivia.
4 posts

Changing Venezuela by Taking Power

by Gregory Wilpert

Venezuela under Hugo Chávez could be a model for peaceful revolution—or it could all be undone by the specters of the past.

4 posts
Jorge Luis Borges

by Beatriz Sarlo
An essential study of Borges as a Latin American writer.
Evil Hour in Colombia

by Forrest Hylton
The most up-to-date book on Colombia: from the mid-19th century to today's guerrilla narco-traffickers and paramilitaries.
1 post
The Nixon Administration and the Death of Allende's Chile

by Jonathan Haslam

The rise and fall of Allende's regime, and the role of the US and Cuba.

5 posts

Barbecued Husbands

by Betty Mindlin
Winner of the coveted Associacao Paulista de Criticos de Arte Prize: an anthology of the stories of the tribes of the Amazon.
2 posts
Cuba on My Mind

by Román de la Campa

“Empathic and critical, connected and removed, knowing and bewildered.”—Raritan Review

2 posts
Homage to Chiapas

by Bill Weinberg
Vividly depicts the grassroots struggles for land and local autonomy.
1 post
Pinochet and Me

by Marc Cooper
“Masterfully evokes some of the darkest chapters of US Cold War policy.”—Warren Beatty
4 posts

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