Latin America at 200 : a new introduction / by Berryman, Phillip, PALCI EBSCO books

Table of Contents: “…-- Overcoming legacies of conquest and slavery : indigenous peoples and Afro-descendants -- Machismo contested : changing gender roles and expectations -- A changing religious landscape -- Conquest and colonial order -- Forging new nations -- The zigzag path to democracy and development -- Toward twenty-first-century economies -- Making democracy work : politics and the state -- Toward rule of law : combating crime and corruption -- Bodies and minds : achievements and obstacles in health and education -- Goods and people crossing borders : dimensions of globalization -- Conclusion : hopes and tasks of the bicentennial generation.…”
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Dictatorships in twenty-first-century Latin America : Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Ecuador, and El Salvador / by Hurtado, Osvaldo

Table of Contents: “…Part I: New forms of dictatorship -- The concept of democracy -- From military dictatorships to civilian dictatorships -- Dictatorships of the twenty-first century -- The governments of Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro -- The government of Evo Morales -- The government of Daniel Ortega -- The government of Nayib Bukele -- Part II: The government of Rafael Correa -- The Correa-tailored constitution of 2008 -- The process of concentrating power -- The ruse of citizen participation -- Part III: Democratic institutions in an autocratic regime -- The rule of law -- The division of power -- The independence of the justice system -- Freedoms, guarantees, and rights -- Government transparency -- Political pluralism -- Alternation in power -- Free elections -- Part IV: Perspectives of authoritarianism -- The international community -- Causes of the dictatorial drift -- The arduous path of democracy.…”