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Venezuela's most important political figure of the twentieth century, and probably its most important since Simon Bolivar, is the subject of this volume of interviews and letters. Romulo Betancourt helped to form Venezuela's historic Accion Democratica group, twice served as his country's president, and in his many years in exile worked to inform the world about the political crises and dictatorships that plagued Venezuela. The material in thi...

?Robert J. Alexander's new book is relentlessly fair-minded. ...a detailed and scrupulous political narrative informed through reading in the periodical literature of those years, personal interviews with participants, and the author's own wide experience in Latin America.?-The American Historical Review

Provides interview transcripts and letters from nearly 20 presidents of Argentina, Brazil and Chile. Some of the correspondence and interviews are spread over a considerable length of time. The introduction places the presidents in the context of their roles in the history of their countries.

The Maoist movement was the most important dissident force within International Communism in the period following World War II. Based on first-hand observation as well as the scattered research on the Maoist movements, Alexander examines the circumstances that attracted people to the movement in each country and the evolution of the movement. Scholars and researchers interested in Marxism in the developing world will be able to trace the origi...

Alexander examines the history of the labor movement in Brazil during its two key phases. First, he looks at the origins and early development of the movement from the last decades of the 19th century until the Revolution of 1930. Then he analyzes the impact of the corporate state structure that President Getulio Vargas imposed on labor during his first tenure in power, and the continuation of that structure during most of the rest of the cent...

Starting with the organization of tobacco workers and other groups in the last few years of Spanish colonial rule, this work traces the growth of the labour movement during the early decades of the republic, noting in particular the influence of anarchosyndicalists, Marxists and "independents".

Alexander is among the most experienced observers of Latin American politics and has been an active correspondent with major figures of the region for decades. In this volume, he provides interview transcripts and letters from most of the recent presidents of Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela. With some of the correspondence and interviews extending over a considerable period of time, the shifting views and attitudes as well as t...

This is a compilation of biographical sketches of Latin American and Caribbean leaders, describing their political significance and personal history. Appendices list the leaders according to country or territory and a chronology of major events in the area from 1804 is provided.

With this volume, the eminent Latin Americanist Professor Robert J. Alexander concludes a five-volume collection of personal documents and conversations with the leaders of Latin America and the Caribbean. Compiled over a fifty year period, the volumes show major leaders as they envision strategies and future policies, explain their actions, and assess their contemporaries. These formal and informal statements provide insight into the workings...

A collection of conversations and correspondence between the author and more than tow dozen presidents of the Central American republics, Mexico, Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Introductory notes providing personal information on the political leadership are also included.