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The Boys from Dolores: Fidel Castro's Schoolmates from Revolution to Exile (Vintage Departures)
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The Boys from Dolores: Fidel Castro's Schoolmates from Revolution to Exile (Vintage Departures)
by Patrick Symmes

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From the author of "Chasing Che," here is the remarkable tale of a group of boys at the heart of Cuba's political and social history. Chosen in the 1940s from among the most affluent and ambitious families in eastern Cuba, they were groomed at the elite...
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Trinidad & Tobago (Discovering the Caribbean)
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Trinidad & Tobago (Discovering the Caribbean)
by Romel Hernandez

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 60) and index....
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Lula of Brazil: The Story So Far
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Lula of Brazil: The Story So Far
by Richard Bourne

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Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's dramatic life story has captured the imagination of millions, and his progressive politics have brought hope and excitement to Brazil--and the world. This compelling work is the first major English-language biography of the...
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The History of Havana (Palgrave Essential Histories)
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The History of Havana (Palgrave Essential Histories)
by Dick Cluster

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This is the first comprehensive history of the culturally diverse city, and the first to be co-authored by a Cuban and an American. Beginning with the founding of Havana in 1519, Cluster and Hernández explore the making of the city and its people...
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Degrees of Freedom: Louisiana and Cuba After Slavery
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Degrees of Freedom: Louisiana and Cuba After Slavery
by Rebecca J Scott

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As Louisiana and Cuba emerged from slavery in the late nineteenth century, each faced the question of what rights former slaves could claim. Degrees of Freedomcompares and contrasts these two societies in which slavery was destroyed by war, and...
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The Fire and the Word: A History of the Zapatista Movement
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The Fire and the Word: A History of the Zapatista Movement
by Glori Munoz Ramirez

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An illustrated history of the Zapatistas based on interviews with the movement's original organizers. Originally published in Mexico to mark the twentieth anniversary of the founding of the Zapatistas, this new edition has been expanded with an epilogue...
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Patagonia: Nature's Last Frontier
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Patagonia: Nature's Last Frontier
by Marcos Zimmermann

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This inspiring, nearly mystical, photographic journey through one of the most spectacular landscapes in the world traverses the whipped plateau and the extreme coasts, the transparent sea and the highest peaks, and the creatures of the profoundly...
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Damming the Flood: Haiti, Aristide, and the Politics of Containment
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Damming the Flood: Haiti, Aristide, and the Politics of Containment
by Peter Hallward

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Riveting exposé of US-led destruction of democratic government in Haiti. Once the most lucrative European colony in the Caribbean, Haiti has become one of the most divided and impoverished countries in the world. In the late 1980s a remarkable...
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Revolution!: South America and the Rise of the New Left
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Revolution!: South America and the Rise of the New Left
by Nikolas Kozloff

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In the past few years, South America has witnessed the rise of leftist governments coming into power on the heels of dramatic social and political unrest. From Hugo Chávez in Venezuela to Evo Morales, the indigenous head of state of Bolivia, and...
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