An Australian exile’s adventures in Colombia are a perfect cure for the malady of stereotypes. Better Than Cocaine: Learning to grow coffee, and live, in Colombia, Barry Max Wills, 2023, Fuller Vigil
The human face of unfairness
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•Inequality is a systemic trait of Latin America but beneath the statistical data are millions of personal stories. Portraits of Persistence: Inequality and hope in Latin America, edited by Javier Auyero, 2024 University of Texas Press
Library of forgotten saints
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•Mexican American poet Jose Hernandez Diaz explores the mystery and magic of existing within two cultures. Bad Mexican, Bad American, Poems, Jose Hernandez Diaz, 2024, Acre Books
Writing China back into history
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•Understanding piracy in the Philippines opens up an alternative history of Latin America. Piracy and the Making of the Spanish Pacific World, Kristie Patricia Flannery, 2024, University of Pennsylvania Press
Unity written in blood and ink
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•Cecilia Vicuña’s ‘Saborami’ was an iconic artistic statement of resistance to the 1973 Chilean coup that has now been reproduced. Georgina Jiménez interviewed her
Emotional surplus value
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•Maids were not made to serve—they are workers like everyone else, whose emotional labours take a toll. Paid to Care: Domestic Workers in Contemporary Latin American Culture, Rachel Randall, 2023, University of Texas Press
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