One of the only two foreign journalists present in Grenada for the U.S. invasion provides a firsthand account of the invasion and the immediate events and history leading up to it

Grenada: An Eyewitness Account of the U.S. Invasion and the Caribbean History That Provoked It

History

O'Shaughnessy, Hugh

Americas

Dodd, Mead

Grenada: Revolution, Invasion and Aftermath

Sphere Books

The Priest of Paraguay: Fernando Lugo and the Making of a Nation

Zed Books

In 2008 the oldest one-party regime on earth was swept from power by a Catholic bishop. In The Priest of Paraguaym, Hugh O'Shaughnessy, one of the most respected commentators on Latin America, tells the story of how Fernando Lugo ended the 60 year dictatorship of General Alfredo Stroessner's Colorado party with the promise of a new, more egalitarian future, particularly for the country's indigenous people. Hugh O'Shaughnessy traces Lugo's life alongside the turbulent history of Paraguay -- from his early years in a family which fell victim to Stroessner to his release by the Vatican to follow a political calling. The book also locates Paraguay in the context of the changing landscape of Latin America politics as a whole.

Pinochet: The Politics of Torture

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Latin America Bureau (LAB)

Chemical spraying is being used in Colombia as a deterrent and to destroy 'illicit' coca crops. But most people growing coca are poor campesinos with no alternatives to make a living. Whole towns, rivers, livestock and legitimate food crops have been sprayed and livelihoods destroyed by these US-administered fumigation programmes, backed by the Colombian state. This path-breaking book of investigative journalism (remember that ?!) lifts the veil on fumigation: why is it happening and who really benefits? O'Shaughnessy travels to the Putumayo and Bolivar departments of Colombia, where most of the spraying takes place, talking to those affected. He draws a vivid and damning picture of a futile and indiscriminate chemical war, waged largely on the poor.

Chemical Warfare in Colombia: The Costs of Coca Fumigation (Latin America Bureau Short Books)

Science & Math

Branford, Sue

Agricultural Sciences

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