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This investigation of the history of epidemics in various parts of Peru during the twentieth century opens up a new field for Latin American studies to include health and disease. These are important areas of the past that enable us to understand better the living conditions of people, the role of state authority and the dynamics of social movement.
"Examines the life and poetry of Magda Portal, a major figure in Latin American revolutionary politics. Includes a selection of poems available for the first time in English translation"--Provided by publisher.
It is astonishing that Simón Bolívar, the great Liberator of South America, is not better known in the United States. He freed six countries from Spanish rule, traveled more than 75,000 miles on horseback to do so, and became the greatest figure in Latin American history. His life is epic, heroic, straight out of Hollywood: he fought battle after battle in punishing terrain, forged uncertain coalitions of competing forces and races, lost his beautiful wife soon after they married and never remarried (although he did have a succession of mistresses, including one who held up the revolution and another who saved his life), and he died relatively young, uncertain whether his achievements woul...
Until now, no Spanish Bible was completely free from corrupted Alexandrian texts. Here’s the fascinating story of the making of the Reina-Valera Gómez Bible (RVG), the first Spanish Bible to faithfully follow the Received Text in every single verse. Learn the true motives and desires of those behind this work. The book also includes a 44-page chart showing corruptions that found their way into Spanish Bibles, and how they are corrected in the RVG 2010.
Clippings of Latin American political, social and economic news from various English language newspapers.