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Guide to the Perfect Latin American Idiot Paperback – September 25, 2001

by Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza (Author), Carlos Alberto Montaner (Author), Alvaro Vargas Llosa (Author)

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By opening the ever-escalating debate regarding Latin America's "underdeveloped" status and cloaking the seriousness of the situation with wit and humor, the Guide to the Perfect Latin American Idiot reached number one status on the nonfiction bestseller lists in many countries in Latin America. It reveals the connection between economic success and cultural values―attitudes toward work, education, health care and community―and the consequence of the Latin American people retaining or evolving these values.

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Three Latin Americans team up to shred the slavish political correctness that they see dominating Latin American elites…. Exaggerated, even unfair at times, this book nevertheless provides a rollicking good read., Foreign Affairs

Deeply iconoclastic…. It is a valuable work of historical conservation…it succeeds admirably., The New Criterion

About the Author

Plinio Mendoza, Carlos Montaner, and Alvaro Llosa are the authors of Los Fabricantes de Miseria. Mendoza lives in Bogota, Colombia; Montaner lives in Madrid; Llosa lives in Miami; and Michaela Ames lives in Ohio.

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Publisher : Madison Books (September 25, 2001)
Language : English
Paperback : 240 pages
ISBN-10 : 156833236X
ISBN-13 : 978-1568332369
Item Weight : 12.8 ounces
Dimensions : 6.11 x 0.55 x 9.29 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #1,124,842 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #3,557 in Ethnic Demographic Studies
- #26,415 in Sociology (Books)

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Brillante sencillamente

Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2020

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Que puedo yo decir de este brillante libro?...pues no mas que es una lectura interesante, un llamado a pensar, un llamado a analizar mas profunda de Latino America. No se puede quedar uno mudo o sin tener alguna duda o also de inquietud luego de leerlo, asi como una sensacion de querer saber mas y ahondar en el tema. Creo es un punto de partida o para completar este viaje, pero que nos provoca do querer entender mas las razones del conformismo o de la falta de progreso en nuestras naciones.

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A must read for all Latin Americans!

Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2012

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During my employ with Nortel Networks, I had the opportunity to travel throughout the Caribbean and Latin American region.

Cuban born, I sincerely looked forward to visiting the countries I have read so much about and to interact with the cultures that evolved from our Spanish ancestors, or from the incursions of England and Portugal into our region.

During one of my trips, I bought this book "The Guide to the Perfect Latin American Idiot" and I could not put it down because it made me ponder on the reasons why our countries face such poverty, lack of opportunity and our people go through such trials and tribulations, waking up only to find that a new form of government is in charge of our future.

As I read, I annotated the pages with the "intuitive" thoughts that the authors provoked and upon return another executive asked to borrow the book and it was never returned, so now that I am rather involved in local politics, I decided to re-read the book and purchased it through Amazon, our favorite Internet outlet.

The authors delve into the reasons why we remain as an "under-developed" region, connecting the dots as to how our cultural values, our set of beliefs, and our religion impact the way we think and behave to the detriment of success, if the acquisition of material possessions and great wealth is the measure, of course.

If you are interested in the region for business, or simply want to learn about Latin America, or if you are from the region and want to do a rather introspective exercise in understanding our attitudes with regards to our evolution, this book is certainly a good read!

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Contrasting perspective

Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2013

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The book attempts to provide a more holistic view of Latin American history. They take you through the more simplistic view of Latin American history that seems to pervade the minds of most Latin Americans and many outside of Latin America. They use pretty good examples to put to rest many of the misconceptions and it is well written. I would recommend this book if you are interested in Latin American history.

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Delbert Jolly

Understand Latin American politics

Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2015

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Great book for understanding the Latin American psyche. This book debunks a lot of misconceptions about Latin American rulers.Can also be used as a guide to overcoming poverty in Latin America

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It's so funny

Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2015

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Man, how true this is. It's not even that current, but things don't change too much. Now we have a Popein this mold. What next?

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sergio trujillo

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2015

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it talks about Colombian reality!! Where all is coming to us.

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Sierra

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2016

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Spot on and so informative

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antonio loizaga

good bock on lating america

Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2013

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Good account of economic problems in Latin America problems economic development
Economy is a changing reality and needs constant update

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A. Perry

No need to Die of an Economic Theory

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 14, 2016

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What do South American politicians believe, and why do people keep voting them in? This is an uncompromising assault on the folk-myths and self-pitying economic and political culture of much of South America. It looks at the claims, and explains why they are rubbish, and why pursuing the policies being espoused will lead to ruin, does lead to ruin, and has led to ruin. It would be easy for Europeans to think they are different, but the sad fact is that similar policies have been attempted in Europe (and elsewhere), with the same predictable result. Here in the UK, the leaders of significant parties have proposed just such policies, and are still doing so. Past failures of such policies are attributed to them being applied incorrectly, or due to the action of some outside agency hell-bent on preventing their success (most recently - The Bankers). Because it is about "foreigners" rather than "Us", it might allow people to think more clearly about the fallacies behind the claims and proposals, and so perhaps see why they are, in fact, rubbish. To my mind, this should be a set book in schools, but the "progressives" and teaching unions would never allow that to happen.

A reality shock for the Latin American gauche caviar.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 15, 2017

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Excellent! A reality shock for the Latin American gauche caviar.

Bernardo V. Guimaraes

actually, a serious book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 1, 2015

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There is a widespread view in latin america that american imperialism is the root of latin american underdevelopment. this book shows how common in latin american this view is and argues against it. the title suggests a bit of anger and a bit of irony and that is indeed what you find. the book was written in the 90's, but sadly, it is still very relevant.

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