A History of Latin America and the Caribbean
Contents
(and malcontents)
Chapter 1: Ancient America
Before 1492
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Introduction |
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The First Americans |
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Before the First Horizon |
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The Mysterious Olmecs |
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The Chavin Culture: Peru's Great Leap Forward |
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The Paracas: Dream Weavers |
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The Zapotecs |
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Rise of the Maya |
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Teotihuacan, the City That History Forgot |
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The Moche: Masters of Clay |
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The Nazca: Lines In the Desert |
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The Magnificent Maya: The Early Classic Era |
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The Magnificent Maya: The Late Classic Era |
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 Palenque |
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Copán |
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Tikal and Calakmul |
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The Collapse of the Teotihuacan and Maya Civilizations |
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Tribes of the Caribbean |
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The People of El Dorado |
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Tiahuanaco, the City of the Altiplano |
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The Huari Empire |
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The Toltec Middlemen |
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Yucatan: The Maya Epilogue |
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The Mixtecs |
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Forerunners of the Incas |
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The Tepanecs and the Rise of the Aztecs |
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The Inca Conquests |
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Tahuantinsuyu |
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The Bloody Splendor of the Aztecs |
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On the Threshold |
Chapter 2: The Age of the Conquistadors
1492 to 1650
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Christopher Columbus |
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What Colombus Really Discovered |
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Population At First Contact |
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The Conquests of Ahuitzotl and Moctezuma II |
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Huayna Capac |
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From Hispaniola to Mexico, and the Discovery of Brazil |
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"Pioneers Take the Arrows" |
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The Conquest of New Spain |
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The Conquest of Central America and Western Mexico |
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The Conquest of Peru, Act 1 |
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The Conquest of Peru, Act 2 |
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The Conquest of Peru, Act 3 |
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Colonizing Paraguay |
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Filling In the Gaps |
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Miners, Traders and Raiders |
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The Conquest of Peru, Act 4 |
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The El Dorado Dream |
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The Church Comes to Latin America |
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The Colonization of Brazil |
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French and English Inroads in the Caribbean |
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Spain Comes To the End Of the Line |
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Population Figures After the Conquest, and the Columbian Exchange |
Chapter 3: A New World No More
1650 to 1830
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A Hollow Empire |
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The Jesuit Experiment |
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Caribbean Contention, Part 1 |
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The Golden Age of Piracy |
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Famous Pirates |
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The Darien Scheme and the South Sea Bubble |
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Caribbean Contention, Part 2 |
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The Settlement of Mexico's Northern Frontier |
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The Seven Years War and the American Revolution In Latin America |
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Growing Trouble between Spain And Her Colonies |
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Brazil: Movement Inland, and to the South |
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The Haitian Revolution |
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The Liberation of Latin America Begins |
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Bolívar and San Martin |
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The Haitian Monarchy |
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Bolívar's Campaigns |
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Early Paraguay: Marxism Before Marx |
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Over the Andes |
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Gran Colombia |
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The First Mexican Empire |
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Brazil: Independent By Accident |
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All Roads End At Ayacucho |
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The Falklands Dispute Begins |
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The Shattered Dream |
Chapter 4: Post-Colonial Blues
1830 to 1889
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The Struggle to Build New States |
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Enter the Caudillo |
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Central America: Out of One, Many |
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Mexico: Santa Anna's Misadventures |
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Argentina: The Rise and Fall of Rosas |
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Chile: The Conservative Era |
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Peru and Bolivia: Disorder on the Borders |
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Paraguay: El Excelentísimo |
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Uruguay: Caught in the Crossfire |
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Mexico: The Incredible Shrinking Country |
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New Granada |
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The Reform War |
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Nicaragua: The Filibuster |
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Honduras, Costa Rica, and El Salvador in the Nineteenth Century |
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Venezuela: The Barracks |
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Ecuador: The First Generation |
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The Franco-Mexican War |
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Argentina Pulls Itself Together |
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Chile: The Liberal Era |
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The War of the Triple Alliance |
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Cuba and Puerto Rico: The Last Spanish Colonies |
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Haiti and the Dominican Republic: Experiments in Bad Government |
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Ecuador: The Monastery |
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A Golden Age Begins for Argentina and Uruguay |
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Guatemala Takes a Step Back |
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The British Honduras |
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Mexico: The Porfiriato |
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The War of the Pacific |
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Colombia: The University |
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Império Brasileiro (The Brazilian Empire) |
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New Arrivals in the Guianas |
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Breaking the Rubber Monopoly |
Chapter 5: Uncle Sam's Backyard
1889 to 1959
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The Big Picture |
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Latin America's Role in the World Trade Network |
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Enter the United States |
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A New Kind of Revolution |
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Cuba Libre! |
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Costa Rica: King Banana |
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The War of a Thousand Days |
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The First US Occupation |
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Mt. Pelée Kills St. Pierre |
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The Panama Canal |
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Peru: The Aristocratic Republic |
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Venezuela: The Tyrant of the Andes |
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Colombia: The Conservative Republic |
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The Mexican Revolution, Phase 1: Conservatives vs. Liberals |
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Uruguay's Welfare State |
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The United States Occupation of Haiti |
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Argentina: The Radicals In the Saddle |
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The Mexican Revolution, Phase 2: Moderates vs. Radicals |
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Independent Cuba: The Early Years |
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Guatemala: A Cultured Brute and a Napoleon |
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Brazil: The Old Republic |
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Honduras: La Republica de los Bananas |
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Chile: Parliamentary and Presidential Republics |
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Ecuador: The Leftover Country |
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The Mexican Revolution, Phase 3: Coming Full Circle |
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The Dominican Dictator |
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The Chaco War |
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El Salvador: The Coffee Republic |
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Uruguay: The Terra Era |
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The Somoza Dynasty, Act One |
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Panama: The Bisected Protectorate |
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The Infamous Decade |
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Getúlio Vargas and the Estado Nôvo |
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Colombia: "The Revolution On the March" |
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The Battle of the River Plate |
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Bolivia: Contending Ideologies |
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Cuba: Batista's First Reign |
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Venezuela In Transition |
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The Rise of Juan Perón |
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Haiti: Elections and Coups |
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Peru: APRA vs. the Army |
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Paraguay: The Rise of the Colorados |
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Costa Rica: The Unarmed Democracy |
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"There's No Place Like Uruguay" |
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The Bolivian National Revolution |
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Cuba: The Auténticos and the Second Batistato |
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Puerto Rico: "Candy-Coated Colonialism?" |
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The Ten Years of Spring |
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After the Mahogany Rush |
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Getúlio Vargas, Back for an Encore |
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The Perón Decade |
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La Violencia |
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Venezuela: Back In the Barracks |
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A Word on the Guianas |
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The Cuban Revolution |
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Chapter 6: Contemporary Latin America
1959 to 2014
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One More Overview |
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The Roller Coaster Ride of Economics |
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The Abandonment of the Monroe Doctrine |
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The Pink Tide |
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The Changing Role of the Church |
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Getting Along and Meaning It |
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The Drug Trade |
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Environmental Challenges |
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Cuba: The Revolution Continues |
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Venezuela's Democratic Interlude |
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Brazil: The Death of the Middle Republic |
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Weak Radicals and the Argentine Revolution |
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Colombia: The National Front |
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Che! |
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Democracy Breaks Down in Chile |
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Peru: The Revolution from Above |
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Mexico: The PRI Corporate State |
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Meet the Duvaliers |
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Honduras Goes From Military to Civilian Rule |
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Ecuador: From Yellow Gold to Black Gold |
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Tupamaros and Tyrants |
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The Somoza Dynasty, Act Two |
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Paraguay: The Stronato |
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Brazil: The Military Republic |
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Bolivia: The Banzerato |
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Red Star In the Caribbean |
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The Perón Sequel and the "Dirty War" |
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Panama: The Canal Becomes Truly Panamanian |
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The Dominican Republic: The Balaguer Era |
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The Guianas/Guyanas: South America’s Neglected Corner |
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French Guiana |
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Guyana |
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Suriname |
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The Salvadoran Civil War |
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Belize: A Nation Under Construction |
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The Guatemalan Civil War |
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The Southernmost War |
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Among the Islands |
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Bermuda, the Bahamas, and Dominica |
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Grenada |
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Jamaica |
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St. Kitts & Nevis |
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The Netherlands and French Antilles |
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Colombia: Land of Drug Lords and Guerrillas |
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The Pinochet Dictatorship |
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Peru: The Disastrous 1980s |
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The Switzerland of Central America |
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Nicaragua: The Contra War |
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Ecuador After the Juntas |
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Chasing Noriega |
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Argentina’s New Democracy |
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Hugo's Night in the Museum |
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Democracy Comes to Bolivia (at Last) |
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Haiti: Beggar of the Americas |
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Peru: The Fujimori Decade |
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Brazil: The New Republic |
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Cuba's "Special Period" |
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Chileans Put Their Past Behind Them |
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Colombia’s Fifty-Year War |
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Uruguay Veers from the Right to the Left |
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Daniel Ortega Returns |
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Ecuador: Dollarization and a Lurch to the Left |
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The Chavez Administration, Both Comedy and Tragedy |
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Argentina: The New Millennium Crisis, and the Kirchner Partnership |
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Guatemala Since the Peace Accords |
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Can Paraguay Kick the Dictator Habit? |
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Honduras: The Zelaya Affair |
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Peru in the Twenty-First Century |
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Bolivia: The Evo Morales Era |
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The Mexican Drug War |
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Puerto Rico: The Future 51st State? |
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Conclusion |
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