"One of Latin America's most renowned journalists plunges deep into Latin American culture and history to critique centuries of state-run dictatorship and oppression of the poor, arguing for genuine reform of basic institutions."

La Fauna Politica Latinoameric (Spanish Edition)

History

Vargas Llosa, Alvaro

Americas

Random House Mondadori

Latin America's Foremost Political Journalist Makes a Brilliant and Passionate Argument for Real Reform In the Economically Crippled Continent In Liberty for Latin America, Alvaro Vargas Llosa offers an incisive diagnosis of Latin America's woes--and a prescription for finally getting the region on the road to both genuine prosperity and the protection of human rights. When the economy in Argentina--at one time a model of free-market reform--collapsed in 2002, experts of all persuasions asked: What went wrong? Vargas Llosa shows that what went wrong in Argentina has in fact gone wrong all over the continent for over five hundred years. He explains how the republics of the nineteenth century and the revolutions of the twentieth-populist uprisings, Marxist coops, state takeovers, and First World-sponsored privatization-have all run up against the oligarchic legacy of statism. Illiberal elites backed by the United States and Europe have perpetuated what he calls the "five principles of oppression" in order to maintain their hold on power. The region has become "a laboratory for political and economic suicide," while comparable countries in Asia and Eastern Europe have prospered. The only way to change things in Latin America, Vargas Llosa argues, is to remove the five principles of oppression, genuinely reforming institutions and the underlying culture for the benefit of the disempowered public. In Liberty for Latin America, he explains how, offering hope as well as insight for all those who care for the future of this troubled region.

Liberty for Latin America: How to Undo Five Hundred Years of State Oppression

Farrar. Straus and Giroux

Guide to the Perfect Latin American Idiot

Three Latin American writers quote, dissect and review this character in a cultural critique that combines analysis with humor and a relentless self-criticism.

MENDOZA, PLINIO APULEYO

Montaner Cuban journalist writer, Carlos Alberto

Madison Books

By opening the ever-escalating debate regarding Latin America's "underdeveloped" status and cloaking the seriousness of the situation with wit and humor, the Guide to the Perfect Latin American Idiot reached number one status on the nonfiction bestseller lists in many countries in Latin America. It reveals the connection between economic success and cultural values―attitudes toward work, education, health care and community―and the consequence of the Latin American people retaining or evolving these values.

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Nearly four decades after his death, the legend of Che Guevara has grown worldwide. In this new book, Alvaro Vargas Llosa separates the myth from the reality of Che's legacy, and shows that Che's ideals were a re-hash of notions about centralized power that have long been the major source of suffering and misery in the underdeveloped world. With testimonies from witnesses of Che's actions, Alberto Vargas Llosa's detailed account of the "real Che" sets the record straight by exposing the delusion at the heart of the Che phenomenon. Vargas Llosa shows that Che's legacy—making the law subservient to the most powerful, crushing any and all dissent, and concentrating wealth under the guise of "social equality"—is not the solution to poverty and injustice but is the core of the problem. Besides exposing the dark truths of Che's ideology and actions, The Che Guevara Myth and the Future of Liberty elaborates on attempts by both the left and right to suppress liberty and examines the manifestation of Latin American spirit throughout the ages, from early indigenous trade to today's enterprising communities overcoming government impediments. In so doing, the book points to the real revolution among the poor—the liberation of individuals from the constraints of state power in all spheres, public and private. Whether you love or hate Che, The Che Guevara Myth and the Future of Liberty will not leave you untouched and will provide a powerful, new perspective on how to overcome the challenges facing the Third World.

The Che Guevara Myth and the Future of Liberty (Independent Studies in Political Economy)

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Independent Institute

Muchas cosas han pasado desde que algunos críticos de izquierda apodaron a Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza, Carlos Alberto Montaner y Álvaro Vargas Llosa Los tres chiflados del liberalismo”, por publicar el Manual del perfecto idiota latinoamericano. Ahora, estos tres connotados escritores regresan con Últimas noticias del nuevo idiota iberoamericano, un apasionante viaje por la actual realidad política, social y económica de América Latina y también de España. La pluma de Mendoza, Montaner y Vargas Llosa desnuda lo que sucede por estos días en la Cuba de los Castro, la Venezuela de Maduro sin Chávez, la Argentina de los Kirchner, el Ecuador del duro Correa, la pujanza chilena, la contradicción colombiana, el sorprendente modelo peruano, la encrucijada mexicana y la hecatombe española.

Ultimas noticias del nuevo idiota iberoamericano (Spanish Edition)

Montaner, Carlos Alberto

Apuleyo Mendoza, Plinio

Politics & Government

Paidos

The life and times of Francisca, the mestiza daughter of Spanish conquistador Pizarro and Inés Huaylas, an Inca princess, are set against the backdrop of Spanish history, the conquest of Peru, and the confrontations between the Spanish and the civilizations of the New World. (Historical Fiction)

La Mestiza De Pizarro/pizarro's Mestiza: Una Mestiza Entre DOS Mundos (Spanish Edition)

Aguilar]

El exilio indomable narra la historia novelesca de los principales dirigentes del grupo mas representativo y numeroso del exilio cubano, que han realizado una conquista "imperialista" al revez, amaestrando y poniendo al servisio de su causa democratica al pais mas poderoso de la tierra.

El exilio indomable

Literature & Fiction

Planeta Pub Corp

Más que cronista o historiador, confidente casi, Álvaro Vargas Llosa nos lleva en esta obra apasionante a sentir el latido del corazón de Francisca, la hija mestiza de Pizarro -fruto de sus amores con la princesa inca Inés Huaylas. A lo largo de los años, ante los ojos de la joven heredera de dos mundos se suceden episodios capitales en la historia de la España Moderna y la conquista del Perú: la división indígena, los enfrentamientos entre los conquistadores, el riesgo de sedición, la constitución del poder virreinal... Una vida cuyo destino final es sorprendente.

LA MESTIZA DE PIZARRO PDL MARIO VARGAS LLOSA (Spanish Edition)

VARGAS LLOSA,MARIO

Genre Fiction

Punto de Lectura, S.L.

One of Latin America's most renowned journalists plunges deep into Latin American culture and history to critique centuries of state-run dictatorship and oppression of the poor, arguing for genuine reform of basic institutions.

Rumbo a la Libertad/Liberty of Latin America (Spanish Edition)

Business & Money

Economics

Planeta Publishing

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La Fauna Politica Latinoameric (Spanish Edition)

Liberty for Latin America: How to Undo Five Hundred Years of State Oppression

Guide to the Perfect Latin American Idiot

Guide to the Perfect Latin American Idiot

The Che Guevara Myth and the Future of Liberty (Independent Studies in Political Economy)

Ultimas noticias del nuevo idiota iberoamericano (Spanish Edition)

La Mestiza De Pizarro/pizarro's Mestiza: Una Mestiza Entre DOS Mundos (Spanish Edition)

El exilio indomable

LA MESTIZA DE PIZARRO PDL MARIO VARGAS LLOSA (Spanish Edition)

Rumbo a la Libertad/Liberty of Latin America (Spanish Edition)