ISBN: 9781857432114 - 1857432118
Paperback: 320 pages
Data: November 4, 2004
Format: PDF
Description: This title provides an impartial and valuable background to the region, vital for anyone interested in the current affairs, recent history and economy of this vast area. Entries provide definitions of terms, concepts, names and organizations key to discussions of Central and South America.

Key features:
* Provides a unique insight to the political and economic dimensions of this diverse region
* Covers some 48 countries and territories

Entries include:
* Alianza Nacional Popular (ANAPO), Colombia
* Bananas
* Banco Central do Brasil
* Guevara de la Serna, Dr Ernesto ('Che')
* Panama Canal
* Platt Amendment 
* South Georgia
* Southern Common Market 
* Stroessner Mattiauda, Gen. Alfredo
* Unión Industrial Argentina
* Vargas Llosa, Mario