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Che Guevara
Chico Mendes
Daniel Ortega
Diego Rivera
Dom Pedro II
Domingo Sarmiento
Eduardo Galeano
Efrain Rios Montt
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Eva Peron
Evo Morales
Fidel Castro
Frida Kahlo
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Jorge Mario Bergoglio
Jose "Pepe" Mujica
Jose Carlos Mariategui
Jose Enrique Rodo
Jose Marti
Jose Vasconcelos
Juan Manuel de Rosas
Juan Peron
Latin America
Lazaro Cardenas
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
Manuel Marulanda
Marina da Silva
Mario Vargas Llosa
Michelle Bachelet
Oscar Romero
Pablo Escobar
Pope Francis
Rafael Trujillo
Rigoberta Menchu
Romulo Betancourt
Rosario Murillo
Salvador Allende
Santa Anna
Simon Bolivar
Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz
Subcommander Marcos
The Mothers and Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo
Toussaint Louverture
Tupac Amaru II
Victor Raul Haya de la Torre
Yoani Sanchez
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- ISBN 9781538183328
- Weight: 857g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 29 Aug 2023
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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A sweeping yet intimate exploration of Latin America’s political history, Forging Latin America profiles fifty-two of the region’s most influential figures who, for better or worse, have shaped its character and destiny from the Spanish Conquest to the present day. This polyphonic gathering of dictators, reformers, revolutionaries, artists, writers, priests, and activists not only foregrounds the major political developments since 1492 but also spotlights lesser-known stories of hope, change, and resistance from the ground up. Along the way, the book shows how ideas can bring down a government or build one, how power corrodes ideology until the perpetuation of power becomes an ideology in and of itself, and how the intellectual heritage of Latin America has been used, disputed, and reinvented over five astonishing centuries.
Russell Crandall is professor of Latin American studies at Davidson College in North Carolina.
