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Narcocorrido: A Journey Into the Music of Drugs, Guns, and Guerrillas by Elijah Wald Publisher Comments In the first full-length exploration of the contemporary and controversial Mexican corrido, award-winning author Elijah Wald blends a travel narrative with his search for the roots of this genre -- a modern outlaw music that fuses the sensibilities of... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Bordering on Chaos: Mexico's Roller-Coaster Journey Toward Prosperity by Andres Oppenheimer Publisher Comments Hailed for its gripping narrative, its insightful analysis, and its informed historical perspective, this book offers a "revealing look at the secret and powerful political society of Mexico, its breakup, and the fallout that we are witnessing today... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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A Turbulent Decade Remembered: Scenes from the Latin American Sixties (Cultural Memory in the Present) by Diana Sorensen Publisher Comments A Turbulent Decade Remembered studies the 1960s—the continental moment that marked Latin America's full entry into both modernity and post-modernity in the international arena. Delving into scenes of importance for the intersection of... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Boys From Dolores Fidel Castro & His Generation From Revolution To Exile by Patrick Symmes Publisher Comments Subtitled, "Fidel Castro's Schoolmates, From Revolution To Exile". A chronicle of 230 young students and the Cuba they were born to lead.... (read more) Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Ay, Cuba!: A Socio-Erotic Journey by Andrei Codrescu Publisher Comments Sensuous, exotic, gritty, contradictory -- Cuba in all its glory In Ay,Cuba!, Andrei Codrescu and David Graham seek the heart and soul of this island ninety miles off the Florida coast and yet a world away. Carousing with Cuban prostitutes, intellectuals,... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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Cuba on the Verge: An Island in Transition by Terry Mccoy Synopsis This anthology showcases the work of Cuban and American writers and photographers, offering an insight into life in the island nation. It aims to give a balanced portrayal of the complex realities of modern Cuba, and essays and images are linked to... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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To Inherit the Earth: The Landless Movement and the Struggle for a New Brazil by Angus Lindsa Wright Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 340-357) and index.... (read more) List Price $15.25 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Zapatista Reader by Tom Hayden Publisher Comments The electrifying effect the Zapatista peasant rebellion has had on leading figures in the intellectual, political, and literary world since the Zapatistas woke them up on New Year's Day, 1994, has provided inspiration for activists all over the world. A... (read more) List Price $20.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Toussaint Louverture: A Biography by Madison Smartt Bell Publisher Comments In 1791, Saint Domingue was both the richest and cruelest colony in the Western Hemisphere; more than a third of African slaves died within a few years of their arrival there. Thirteen years later, Haitian rebels declared independence from France after... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $11.50 Used - Hardcover
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Searching for Everardo: A Story of Love, War, and the CIA in Guatemala by Jennifer K Harbury Synopsis Harvard-educated attorney Jennifer Harbury went to Guatemala to help refugees, and found herself drawn into a political drama that would test her beliefs, courage, and moral strength. She fell in love and married Efrain Bamaca Velasquez, better known as... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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In the Pirate's Den: My Life as a Secret Agent for Castro by Jorge Masetti Synopsis In this riveting book, Masetti takes the reader inside the war room of the Cuban revolution. His life involved international revolutionary intrigue: smuggling diamonds and ivory; counterfeiting U.S. dollars; trafficking in narcotics. He served in Angola... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $2.48 Used - Hardcover
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Cuba 3RD Edition Between Reform & Revolution by Louis A Perez Publisher Comments Spanning the history of the island from pre-Columbian times to the present, this highly acclaimed survey examines Cuba's political and economic development within the context of its international relations and continuing struggle for self-determination... (read more) List Price $32.00 Your price: $22.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Soldiers in a Narrow Land by Mary Helen Spooner Publisher Comments On September 11, 1973, a military coup in Chile overthrew the socialist government of Salvador Allende, beginning an era of political repression that lasted over sixteen years. Mary Helen Spooner takes us behind the Pinochet regime's wall of censorship... (read more) List Price $38.50 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Masters of War: Latin America and the United States Aggression from the Cuban Revolution Through the Clinton Years by Clara Nieto Publisher Comments In Masters of War, Clara Nieto adeptly presents the parallel histories of the countries of Latin America, histories that are intertwined, each reflecting the United States "coherent policy of intervention" set into motion by the Monroe Doctrine. As the... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Stains on My Name, War in My Veins: Guyana and the Politics of Cultural Struggle by Brackettw Williams Publisher Comments Burdened with a heritage of both Spanish and British colonization and imperialism, Guyana is today caught between its colonial past, its efforts to achieve the consciousness of nationhood, and the need of its diverse subgroups to maintain their own... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Real Fidel Castro by Leycester Coltman Publisher Comments Rhetoric during and after the Cold War years has painted starkly contrasting portraits of Cuba’s Fidel Castro: an unblemished idealist on the one hand, a ruthless dictator on the other. This insightful book, the most intimate and dispassionate... (read more) List Price $22.50 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Transnational Conflicts : Central America, Social Change and Globalization (03 Edition) by William Robinson Publisher Comments In this timely and provocative study, William I. Robinson challenges received wisdom on Central America. He starts with an exposition on the new global capitalism. Then, drawing on a wide range of historical documentation, interviews, and social science... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $14.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Daughter of the Caribbean by Norma Jennings Publisher Comments Daughter of the Caribbean is a love letter that pays homage to the culture and heritage of the exotic, beautiful, and conflicting island paradise that is Jamaica. It is an epic story told through the eyes of a Jamaican native, Olivia, who was raised for... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Exporting Democracy: The United States and Latin America: Case Studies by Abraham F Lowenthal Publisher Comments The idea that the United States can and should help Latin America achieve democracy has been a recurrent theme in U.S. foreign policy throughout the twentieth century. By the 1990s, it has become virtually unchallenged doctrine, broadly supported on a... (read more) List Price $27.25 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Cuba at the Crossroads by Fidel Castro Synopsis What future lies ahead for Cuba as it faces the new millennium? Must it now turn its back on the past four decades since the 1959 revolution? In this book, Cuban President Fidel Castro discusses the main issues confronting the small Caribbean nation as... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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