Dictionary of Contemporary Politics of Central America and the Caribbean

<p>First published in 1991 <i>The Dictionary of Contemporary Politics of Central America and the Caribbean </i>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. </p><p>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. </p><p>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. </p>