?One of the most important stories in Latin American studies today is the emergence of left-leaning social movements sweeping across Latin America includes the mobilization of militant indigenous poli
In Violent Democratization, Leah Anne Carroll analyzes peasant and rural worker mobilization, as well as elite reaction, in Colombia's war zones over a period of twenty-five years and across three r
Ingrid Betancourt tells the story of her captivity in the Colombian jungle, sharing powerful teachings of resilience, resistance, and faith. Born in BogotA-, raised in France, Ingrid Betancourt at
?Truth be told, they were mostly in it for the money? On February 13, 2003, a plane carrying three American military contractors on a recon patrol crash-landed in the jungle-covered mountains of Col
To many foreigners, Colombia is a nightmare of drugs and violence. Yet normal life goes on there, and, in Bogot?, it's even possible to forget that war still ravages the countryside. This paradox of
Truth be told, they were mostly in it for the money On February 13, 2003, a plane carrying three American military contractors on a recon patrol crash-landed in the jungle-covered moun
On February 13, 2003, a plane carrying three American military contractors--Marc Gonsalves, Tom Howes, and Keith Stansell--crashed in the mountainous jungle of Colombi
Juanita León has reported on the violence in her native war-torn Colombia for more than a decade. In Country of Bullets she provides a chronicle of what she has witnessed in the midst of one of the ol
Challuabamba (chi-wa-bamba)—now a developing suburb of Cuenca, the principal city in the southern highlands of Ecuador—has been known for a century as an ancient site that produced exceptionally fine
Encompassing Amazonian rainforests, Andean peaks, coastal lowlands, and the Gal?pagos Islands, Ecuador’s geography is notably diverse. So too are its history, culture, and politics, all of whic
Encompassing Amazonian rainforests, Andean peaks, coastal lowlands, and the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador’s geography is notably diverse. So too are its history, culture, and politics, all of which are e
In early April 1536, Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada led a military expedition from the coastal city of Santa Marta deep into the interior of what is today modern Colombia. With roughly eight hundred Spani
This is a critical interpretation of the fifty years of unresolved conflict and civil war in Colombia, analyzing the role of the United States and the war on drugs, the right-wing paramilitaries and t
Ng'weng (African and African American studies, U. of California) compares how indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities mobilize ethnic identity in pursuing claims to territorial rights in Colombia. H
Presents the remarkable account of a successful businessman in the United States who returns to the jungles of Ecuador to help the tribe who killed his father, revealing the difficult choices he confr
