Free Trade and Social Conflict in Colombia, Peru and Venezuela
Subtitle: Confronting U. S. Capitalism, 2000-2016
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780786499298
Subjects: Social conflict; Colombia, economic conditions; Venezuela, economic conditions; Colombia, foreign relations; Venezuela, foreign relations; Peru, foreign relations; Peru, politics and government; Colombia, politics and government; Venezuela, politics and government
Description: "Foreign capital and free trade policies have provoked fierce conflicts in South American countries in recent years. Governments tried to quell the turmoil through repression, political maneuvering and propaganda. This book provides a dramatic account of the struggles, describing the corruption of political systems and the growing income inequality in Colombia, Peru and Venezuela"--