Historia Universal Contemporánea

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From reviews of the Spanish edition: “Meyer’s perceptive commentary on Mexican power politics presents new insights into the petroleum lobbies in Mexico City and Washington. With unbiased empathy he shows the validity of Mexico’s complaints about foreigners’ deriving an overabundance of profit from a nonrenewable natural resource. He understands United States history and never abuses his license to criticize.” —Hispanic American Historical Review “This useful addition to the literature on twentieth-century Mexican–United States diplomatic relations is a scholarly work, worthy...

Andy Robinson desvela en estas crónicas los entresijos de la extracción y el negocio de las materias primas más valiosas de América Latina, como la carne, el oro, el petróleo, el aguacate, el hierro, los diamantes, la patata, el cobre, la soja o el niobio. Robinson recorre Potosí, Minas Gerais, Zacatecas y muchos otros de los itinerarios que ya recorrió Eduardo Galeano cincuenta años atrás, en Las venas abiertas de América Latina, y actualiza la célebre tesis de que "los latinoamericanos somos pobres porque es rico el suelo que pisamos". Aquel libro se convirtió en la biblia de la ...

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