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  • Paperback: 560 pages
  • Publisher: Harper Perennial; Reprint edition (July 24, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0060938447
  • ISBN-13: 978-0060938444
  • Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.9 x 8 inches
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5.0 out of 5 starsGood book
By Eric Mascarin Perigault on March 18, 2013
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Enrique Krauze offers the biography of twelve Latin American transcendental characters in a fun and erudite way. The characters are not related to each other and although most are writers, there are politicians and other. Despite the enormous amount of information he give us, the book reads easily and not feel overloaded. There are many famous quotes from the authors, some memorable, others are sound bites. Krauze knows when inserting to illustrate what he describes.

Unlike other authors, such as Paul Johnson, Krauze not highlight the dark aspects that are unique to every person.

The sequence in which the characters are described is also suitable according to the development of reading, starting with anti-Americanism and anti-imperialism of Martí, Rodó and Mariátegui through opportunism (which it says so) of Vasconcelos. It ends, like the Vargas Llosa and Vasconcelos as he describes, from ultra liberalism to conservatism more recalcitrant taking about the figure of Chávez as a last biography and indeed no merit to be saved in a text of this category and the inclusion postscript seems a request of the editors.

Krause also and quite appropriately, brings us to the characters in their historical context and thus, for example, we look at the history of Mexican history and consequences of their revolution and the characters involved in it (Diaz Madero, Villa, Zapata, Obregon, et al) and more recent history in the waning moments of the PRI beginning with the slaughter of 68. The first part of this history of Mexico is about the biography of Vasconcelos and the second is on the occasion of Peace.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsKnow Your Neighbor
By Amazon Customer on December 2, 2014
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Newly living in what was once Mexico (San Diego county), I am intrigued by Krauze's descriptions and theories. He is balanced between socialism and capitalism but his true nature suits mine.(left, left, left) All the U S should know this much about our neighbor
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4.0 out of 5 starsGood mix of biographies--from authors to politicians and a couple ...
By L. Hales on January 5, 2015
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Thoughtfully organized so that a reader could either read straight through or read selective chapters. Good mix of biographies--from authors to politicians and a couple of religious and guerrilla leaders in between. Builds a diverse, yet unified, collection of thought that centers on the idea of Redemption in Latin America.
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5.0 out of 5 starsAnother great book by Krauze
By CuriousOne on December 9, 2012
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This book helps anyone seeking to understand Latin America in today's world. Having read the president of Colombia's book on the war on terrorists, I found the facts in Redeemers to further expand my knowledge. To anyone who has read translations of the Kremlin's Verona Papers in such books as "Dupes", and wondered if the communist parties of Latin America were also supported by the USSR, this book has answers in the affirmative. The old dream of a one-world socialist government is still alive despite the demise of the Soviet Union. When the money flow from the Kremlin stopped, it wreaked havoc on the guerilla movement, and obviously on Cuba which turned to Venezuela for paying for its failed model of government. Now that Chavez is on his last legs, perhaps even Cuba will realize free markets created the only prosperous countries in history.
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4.0 out of 5 starsThe forgotten world
By Dr. Wilson Trivino on October 13, 2011
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My parents are from Colombia South America and I was born in California and grew up in the South. I have always had an interest in Latin America and what drew me to this book is its cover with many familiar faces from that region of the world.
What I discover is that I come from a tough people who can be very ruthless.
Enrique Krauze has done a marvelous job of taking a snippet of individuals from that region.
They touch on revolutionaries, artist, writers, and cultural icons. What I sense is the best contribution to the body politic is that the author humanizes the individuals. They do not allow their circumstance to limit their potential.
From Peron to Chavez in the same breath you sense the passion and fire that is located south of the American border.
This is a favorite read and should be a part of any reference library.
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