Liberty for Latin America
Subtitle: how to undo five hundred years of state oppression
By: Alvaro Vargas Llosa.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
Subjects: Social structure -- Economic aspects -- Latin America; Oligarchy -- Economic aspects -- Latin America; Latin America -- Economic conditions; Latin America -- Social conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-262) and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. What failed. The five principles of oppression; title: The twentieth century : the hour of the snail; title: Friendly fire from the United States; title: Part 2 : What succeeded. What could have been; title: The liberal tradition; title: Part 3 : Reform. When things looked right, they were wrong; title: The fever of change; title: The capitalist mirage; title: Corruption and the ethical abyss; title: Part 4 : Turning the tide. Liberty for Latin America.