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America's Backyard

By Grace Livingstone

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America's Backyard

By Grace Livingstone

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The United States has shaped Latin American history, condemning it to poverty and inequality by intervening to protect the rich and powerful. America's Backyard tells the story of that intervention. Using newly declassified documents, Grace Livingstone reveals the US role in the darkest periods of Latin American history, including Pinochet's coup in Chile, the Contra War in Nicaragua and the death squads in El Salvador. She shows how George W Bush's administration used the War on Terror as a new pretext for intervention; how it tried to destabilise leftwing governments and push back the 'pink tide' washing across the Americas. America's Backyard also includes chapters on drugs, economy and culture. It explains why US drug policy has caused widespread environmental damage yet failed to reduce the supply of cocaine, and it looks at the US economic stake in Latin America and the strategies of the big corporations. Today Latin Americans are demanding respect and an end to the Washington Consensus. Will the White House listen?
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
280
Release Date:
2009-04-15
Publication Date:
2009-03-26
Publisher:
Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
184813214X
ISBN13:
9781848132146
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
481 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
234 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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