1st Edition

The Dictionary of Contemporary Politics of Central America and the Caribbean

    408 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    408 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    First published in 1991, The Dictionary of Contemporary Politics of Central America and the Caribbean provides a guide to the most important organizations, figures, events and themes in the contemporary politics of Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean. The countries covered include Mexico, Guatamala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Grenada, St Vincent, St Lucia, Dominica, St Kitt’s-Nevis, Antigua and Puerto Rico.

    The background information supplied in the book explains how, for many in Central America, the guerrilla wars have merely been the intensification of a conflict previously fought by the likes of Nicaragua’s Sandino or the Salvadorean Farabundo Marti, and before them by the Indian leaders who resisted the Spanish settlement.

    Although first published in 1991, this book will be a valuable resource for journalists, students, diplomats, business people, and anyone else who is interested in the politics of this richly diverse continent.

    List of Maps; Dictionary of Contemporary Politics of Central America and the Caribbean; List of Entries by Country; Maps

    Biography

    Phil Gunson, Greg Chamberlain, Andrew Thompson