Title: America's backyard
Description: 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.
Subjects: Social conditions, Foreign relations, Latin america, foreign relations, United states, foreign relations, latin america, Latin america, social conditions, Latin america, foreign relations, united states, International relations
Places: United States, Latin America
Time periods: 20th century, 19th century