South America category: 2208 books
Negotiating Gendered Discourses
Michelle Bachelet and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2015
It has been argued that the first presidential campaign of Michelle Bachelet in Chile and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in Argentina used a rhetoric of newness. Some political observers have said that as the “first women” to successfully run for the highest office in these countries, they were...
by Lilia M. Schwarcz, Heloisa M. Starling
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2018
A sweeping and absorbing biography of Brazil, from the sixteenth century to the present
For many Americans, Brazil is a land of contradictions: vast natural resources and entrenched corruption; extraordinary wealth and grinding poverty; beautiful beaches and violence-torn favelas. Brazil occupies...
The Paraguay Reader
History, Culture, Politics
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2012
Hemmed in by the vast, arid Chaco to the west and, for most of its history, impenetrable jungles to the east, Paraguay has been defined largely by its isolation. Partly as a result, there has been a dearth of serious scholarship or journalism about the country. Going a long way toward redressing this...
The Bolivia Reader
History, Culture, Politics
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2018
The Bolivia Reader provides a panoramic view, from antiquity to the present, of the history, culture, and politics of a country known for its ethnic and regional diversity, its rich natural resources and dilemmas of economic development, and its political conflict and creativity. Featuring both classic...
Venezuela
What Everyone Needs to Know®
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2015
Among the top ten oil exporters in the world and a founding member of OPEC, Venezuela currently supplies 11 percent of U.S. crude oil imports. But when the country elected the fiery populist politician Hugo Chavez in 1998, tensions rose with this key trading partner and relations have been strained...
by R. Andrew Nickson
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2015
Land-locked Paraguay is one of the smaller nations of Latin America, whose global image is now changing very rapidly. In the process, the tired stereotype of a “forgotten” country comprising only military dictators, Nazis, and steam trains is being rapidly discarded. Indeed Paraguay is now no...
by Virginia Vallejo
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2018
Now a major motion picture!
Pablo Escobar was one of the most terrifying criminal minds of the last century. In the decade before his death in 1993, he reigned as the head of a multinational cocaine industry and brought the Colombian state to its knees, killing thousands of politicians, media...
Dragon in the Tropics
Venezuela and the Legacy of Hugo Chavez
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2015
This new and expanded edition of Dragon in the Tropics-the widely acclaimed account of how president Hugo Chávez (19992013) revamped Venezuela’s political economy-examines the electoral decline of Chavismo after Chavez’s death and the policies adopted by his successor, Nicolás Maduro, to cope...
Brazil - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
For many people Brazil conjures up images of football, Carnaval and fine coffee, but it is much more than beaches and bossa nova. If you could choose only one word to describe Brazil, it would be diversity. The variety of racial types, lifestyles, wealth, landscape and climate is enormous. Jeitinho...
by Bartolomé de las Casas
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2016
A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies by the Spanish Dominican friar, Bartolomé de las Casas.This book is about the mistreatment of and atrocities committed against the indigenous peoples of the Americas in colonial times.
CultureShock! Ecuador
A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2009
CultureShock! Ecuador is a must for anyone wishing to visit or settle in Ecuador. Packed with essential information, resource guides and language tips, this book covers every practicality, and provides an in-depth understanding of the people and culture of this diverse country which is also known for...
Colombia
A Rosen-Cooney Travel Story—No Passports Required: Bogota, the Coffee Zone, Cartagena, and Tayrona National Park
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
The country of Colombia, emerging from the fog of its violent past, has been shedding its reputation as a dangerous place. For travel, it is still a little on the edge, with many of the countrys sites as yet undiscovered by tourists. In this travelogue, author Alexandra Rosen shares her experiences...
by Polly Evans
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2008
The stampeding true story of one woman’s journey from timorous equestrian novice to wildly whooping cowgirl—a madcap ride through Argentina that will fascinate horse lovers, travelers, and armchair adventurers alike.
As a girl, Polly Evans dreamed about learning to ride—and in her mid-thirties...
by Holiday FM
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
This is the official Holiday FM Guide to Rio de Janeiro. This handy bitesize guide gives you everything you might want for the ideal trip to the big city. Background information about the history of the City will hopefully give you a better understanding of its origins and make your visit more enjoyable....