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Manual del perfecto idiota latinoamericano

Three disillusioned ex-leftists target many of Latin America's traditionally heroic icons, such as Castro, Che Guevara, Simón Bolívar, and the "popular church." They also target sentiments of victimization and anti-Americanism and the blissful ignorance of economics that have for years provided so many Latin Americans with faulty explanations for their miseries.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 366 pages

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