Latin Lessons: How South America Stopped Listening to the United States and Started Prospering
"There's plenty of first-hand reporting informing this survey of the rise of the new Latin powers and the implications for the American and world economies." (Canadian Business, February 2012)'Highly readable...Latin Lessonsprovides an able synthesis of economic, political and social trends that is not only suitable for general readers and specialists, but can also be useful for U.S. policymakers.' (Americas Quarterly, April 2012)'Weitzman's well-written, colorful stories of indigenous protests against plundering multinational resource companies illuminate the appeal of leftist populists such as Hugo Chávez in Venezuela, Evo Morales in Bolivia, and Rafael Correa in Ecuador.' (Foreign Affairs, May 2012)'A sane, measured and humorous take on a serial underperformer.' (Sounds and Colours, May 2012)'A superb portrait of the growing importance and self-sufficiency that Latin America has taken on in the past decade' (Oil Diplomacy, May 2012)