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Highly recommended: captures the courage and terror of people fleeing through #Mexico from #Guatemala, #ElSalvador, and #Honduras in the hope of a safer life in the U.S. Centred on “The Beast,“ a train to which people cling in any way possible through Mexico. Martinez does a fabulous job of interviewing people from various backgrounds and at all stages of the journey. #ReadingtheAmericas2023 #Nonfiction2023 #StillHaventfoundwhatI'mLookingFor

In the mid 1980s, Salman Rushdie went to #Nicaragua and talked to people about the Sandinista/Contra conflict. He chronicles the trip here. It‘s always fascinating to see the different between how real people on the ground experience something and what is reported in the news. Plus, this book has been in circulation at my library for over 35 years. So cool!

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Very interesting depictions of South America just before the millennium. Also good if you like motorcycles.

A critical overview of Latin America‘s history, and the foreign interference that has negatively impacted its development.

Like The Tibetan Book of Living & Dying, this book is meant to spark discussion and for the reader to derive their own meaning.

Dense ✨ Economics ✨ Socialist

I was surprised to find a cookbook for #FoodandLit #Chile in the library. So many tasty looking recipes, but I settled on just making ensalada de repollo con zanahoria, crema de garbanzos, tortilla de lechuga, and the irresistible chupe de mariscos.

I found this nonfiction read for #ReadingTheAmericas to be well written and for me brought #Nicaragua to life for me. This is the first time reading this author and I found his account of his time in this country eye opening and intriguing. #bookspin @thearomaofbooks @librarybelle @BarbaraBB

Managed to fit a #AuthorAMonth book in before the end of the month, that also took me to #Nicaragua for #ReadingTheAmericas2023.

An interesting book that takes you on a voyage through Nicaragua and its people during the time of Reagan‘s Presidency.

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I wasn‘t feeling clever enough for Rushdie‘s fiction so I decided on this non fiction account of his trip to Nicaragua in 1986. It was a very specific snapshot of a moment in time, but I appreciated it. #AuthorAMonth #ReadingTheAmericas2023

FINALLY finished this #FoodAndLit #Paraguay read!

Should I have bailed? Absolutely 😂 but I was so far through I persevered, especially since there aren‘t many Paraguay books in English.

Anyway it was okay. I learnt a bit, but I struggled with the narrative and never knew what period I was reading about, who that person was, and so on 😂