Peru’s local wars

COVER The Corner of the Living

Miguel La Serna asks why so many peasants joined the Maoist insurgency in Peru while others remained defiantly opposed to it

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Seeing red

COVER Latin Americas Turbulent Transitions

Socialism remains in the ascendant in Latin America and the Caribbean but many complex factors will determine its fate

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Betrayed from within

COVER Las posesiones

Carlos Alvarado’s novel Las Posesiones throws light on Costa Rica's internment of ethnic Germans during the second world war at the behest of the US

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The Fall of the Bodies

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A short story by Maritza M. Buendía, translated by Anna María D’Amore

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Cuba Since the Revolution

COVER Cuba Since the Revolution of 1959

Cuba Since the Revolution of 1959: A Critical Assessment, Samuel Farber, 2011, Haymarket

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Ordinary Lives in the Early Caribbean

COVER Ordinary Lives in the Early Caribbean

Ordinary Lives in the Early Caribbean: Religion, Colonial Competition, and the Politics of Profit, Kristen Block, 2012, University of Georgia Press

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Latin America in the 21st Century

COVER Latin America in the 21st Century

Latin America in the 21st Century: Nations, Regionalism, Globalization, Gian Luca Gardini, 2012, Zed Books

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Outlawed: Between Security and Rights

COVER Outlawed Between Security and Rights in a Bolivian City

Outlawed: Between Security and Rights in a Bolivian City, Daniel M Goldstein, 2012, Duke University Press

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Unlucky Lucky Tales

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Unlucky Lucky Tales, Daniel Grandbois, 2012, Texas Tech University Press

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The Paraguay Reader

COVER The Paraguay Reader History, Culture, Politics

The Paraguay Reader: History, Culture, Politics, Edited by Peter Lambert and Andrew Nickson, 2013, Duke University Press

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