This 1978 review, opens up the debate with articles which look at the nature of British aid, trad...

An examination of the banana trade from planting in the Eastern Caribbean to purchase in Britain,...

This work is an introduction to who's who and what is really happening in Colombia. In one volume...

On 24 October 1985, the price of tin fell by half. The collapse of the international tin market s...

In On The Line, Augusta Dwyer journeys through the crowded, dirty cities of the border, uncoverin...

Soft Drink, Hard Labour

Looking at Panama since the invasion, the authors explore the challenge facing the US-installed E...

After the installation of a civilian government in 1986, many Guatemalans hopes for a sharp break...

Neo-liberalism has claimed another victim: Argentina. Since the 1970s, a brutal transference of r...

An upsurge of women's activism across Latin America has provoked vigorous discussions about femin...

Brazil: Carnival of the Oppressed is the essential introduction to the PT phenomenon. It traces t...

Honduras: State for Sale traces the transformation of Honduras from banana enclave to the linchpi...

This path-breaking book of investigative journalism lifts the veil on fumigation: why is it reall...

Mexico is a land torn between Latin America and the US, between its Indian and revolutionary past...

Colombia: Inside the Labyrinth explains the reality behind the official and the actual country. I...

Cuba In Focus is one of a series of guides covering the countries of South and Central America an...

Brazil In Focus is an authorative and up-to-date guide to the giant of Latin America.

This 1979 review looks not simply at Britain and Latin America but also includes aspects of Europ...

In Fight for the Forest, Chico Mendes talks of his life's work in his last major interview. Tony ...

Promised Land vividly portrays these events with photographs and the words of people directly inv...

Under The Eagle 2nd Edition traces the history and motivations of United States policy in Central...

A look at the various, sometimes conflicting, aspects of Jamaica: at once a paradise tourist isla...

Argentina in Focus is an authoritative and up-to-date guide to this fascinating country.

In July 1993, near Haximu, a tiny hamlet in the Amazon rainforest, a fateful meeting between a gr...

Ecuador is one of the major tourist destinations in the Americas, offering unparalleled colonial ...

Nicaraguans Talking allows students to look at Nicaragua through the words of its people. Extract...

During two centuries of independence from colonial rule, Haiti has developed into a society quite...

Many aspects of life have changed little since colonial times in the cloudy, misted highlands of ...

Brazil: State and Struggle unmasks the apparent relaxation of political control by the military. ...

Belize In Focus is one in a series of guides covering the countries of South and Central America ...

Brazilian women are fighting back against machismo and racism, and against exploitation in factor...

Bacchanal! explores the place of Carnival in Trinidadian society and the people who take part in ...

For Richer, For Poorer explains the nuts and bolts of globalisation, and explores winners and los...

K is the story of a father who searches for his daughter, disappeared during the millitary dictat...

Colombia In Focus us an authoritative and up-to-date guide to this fascinating country

Access to land is one of the key issues for developing countries - and Brazil has one of the most...

Guatemala: Unnatural Disaster looks behind the immediate effects of the earthquake to the nature ...

Since the early 1970s the lives of South America's women have been transformed by military rule. ...

This work looks at the world sugar business, identifying the key players and explaining how the i...

Nicaragua: Dictatorship and Revolution traces the history of one of the longest lasting and most ...

This is a guide to one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Caribbean, the Dominican R...

Peru: Paths to Poverty traces the background to the present crisis, surveying the historic exploi...

Grenada: Whose Freedom? gives the background to and outlines the substantial advances of the 1979...

Bolivia In Focus is an authoritative and up-to-date guide to this fascinating land.

The Thatcher Years Britain and Latin America examines the Conservative government's record on Lat...

This work looks at the astonishing success of Sendero Luminoso, examines the party's bizarre ideo...

The Poverty Brokers explains the role of the IMF, examines how it works, who benefits from its op...

Guyana is on the verge of economic collapse and a profound social crisis. The socialist rhetoric ...