The Bolivarian Presidents: Conversations and Correspondence with Presidents of Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela

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Alexander is among the most experienced observers of Latin American politics and has been an active correspondent with major figures of the region for decades. In this volume, he provides interview transcripts and letters from most of the recent presidents of Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela. With some of the correspondence and interviews extending over a considerable period of time, the shifting views and attitudes as well as the comments on other key players makes for fascinating insights into the politics of Latin America. This volume is a continuation of Alexander's earlier The ABC Presidents (Praeger, 1992). This material is of considerable importance to political scientists and other Latin American Studies researchers.

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Reconstructing his rich collection of interviews to give his subjects a third-person voice, veteran Latin Americanist Alexander has assembled important political observation from over 20 presidents from Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Mediated by the personal perceptions of speakers and interviewers alike, the book's greatest value will be for political historians already familiar with the events and personalities under discussion. Highly recommended for graduate and research collections.-Choice
"Reconstructing his rich collection of interviews to give his subjects a third-person voice, veteran Latin Americanist Alexander has assembled important political observation from over 20 presidents from Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Mediated by the personal perceptions of speakers and interviewers alike, the book's greatest value will be for political historians already familiar with the events and personalities under discussion. Highly recommended for graduate and research collections."-Choice

Author Bio

ROBERT J. ALEXANDER is Professor Emeritus of Economics and Political Science, Rutgers University. He was a member of John F. Kennedy's Task Force on Latin America where the Alliance for Progress was developed, and he is a former consultant to the American Federation of Labor and the AFL-CIO on Latin American and Caribbean organized labor. One of the country's most respected scholars of Latin American politics and economic affairs, Professor Alexander is the author or editor of forty-five earlier books, most of them focusing on Latin America and the Caribbean, including The Bolivian National Revolution, the first English-language study of that upheaval, and the history of labor and radical movements.