Gold, Oil and Avocados: A Recent History of Latin America in Sixteen Commodities

by Andy Robinson

Book Overview

The past decade has seen major political upheaval in Latin America--from Brazil to Chile to Venezuela to Bolivia--but to understand what happened, ask first where your quinoa and lithium batteries came from...

The 21st century began optimistically in Latin America. Left-leaning leaders armed with programs to reduce poverty and reclaim national wealth were seeing results--but as the aughts gave way to the teens, they began to fall like...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612199356
• ISBN13: 9781612199351
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Melville House Publishing
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.2"