Looking for History

From theesteemed New Yorker correspondent comes an incisive volume of essays and reportage that vividly illuminates Latin America s recent history Only Alma Guillermoprieto, the most highly regarded writer on the region, could unravel the complex threads of Colombia s cocaine wars or assess the combination of despotism, charm, and political jiu jitsu that has kept Fidel Castro in power forthan 40 years And no one else can write with such acumen and sympathy about statesmen and campesinos, leftist revolutionaries and right wing militias, and political figures from Evita Peron to Mexico s irrepressible president, Vicente Fox Whether she is following the historic papal visit to Havana or staying awake for a pre dawn interview with an insomniac Subcomandante Marcos, Guillermoprieto displays both the passion and knowledge of an insider and the perspective of a seasoned analystLooking for History is journalism in the finest traditions of Joan Didion, V S Naipaul, and Ryszard Kapucinski observant, empathetic, and beautifully written. Free Read Kindle ePUB Looking for History by Alma Guillermoprieto – kino-fada.fr I wish this book had actually been edited At first it was captivating, but there was so much overlap in these essays that by the end I was so annoyed I could barely get through It s fine to reference the same events over and over when these are articles that are appearing in different ...Ah Guillermoprieto is a wonderful journalist.news that was fit to print.thenIf you want to know what was happening in Colombia, Cuba, or Mexico during the period 1994 2001, or if you want to look back to that time and the events or trends in those countries then, this would be a most excellent choice The author not only has chapters about three giant Latin American personalities Eva Peron, Che Guevara, and Mario Vargas Llosa but includes interviews and impressions of a number of other Latin Americans who might not be household word news that was fit to print.thenIf you want to know what was happening in Colombia, Cuba, or Mexico during the period 1994 2001, or if you want to look back to that time and the events or trends in those countries then, this would be a most excellent choice The author not only has chapters about three giant Latin American personalities Eva Peron, Che Guevara, and Mario Vargas Llosa but includes interviews and impressions of a number of other Latin Americans who might not be household words in the Anglo Saxon world However, I did not find the title very apt History isor less lacking here OK, she was looking for it, we don t find it If you aren t familiar with say, 20th century Mexican history, you are going to be scra...Quite a few moments of incisive brilliance, and overall solid, engaging and informative writing But even for a collection of news pieces, it had a bit too much repetition.Alma Guillermoprieto was a New Yorker journalist, and this fine collection of sizable dispatches reflect her to the point storytelling via readable prose Two decades of reporting included interviews with key players, be it Fidel Castro, Subcommante Marcos, Mario Vargas Llosa, or Vincente Fox Looking For History includes a number of backward looking pieces, about Eva Peron and Che Guevarra, but the rest are rooted in real time dispatches of the late 1990s early 2000 s, from areas controlled b Alma Guillermoprieto was a New Yorker journalist, and this fine collection of sizable dispatches reflect her to the point storytelling via readable prose Two decades of reporting included interviews with key players, be it Fidel Castro, Subcommante Marcos, Mario Vargas Llosa, or Vincente Fox Looking For History includes a number of backward looking pieces, about Eva Peron and Che Guevarra, but the rest are rooted in real time dispatches of the late 1990s early 2000 s, from areas controlled by Mexico s Zapatistas, the Colombian FARC narcoterrorists and their paramilitary ...This book travels well It is a series of reports based on three separate countries, the common thread being that they are all about latin countries and that they were all written with the masterful depth and perception of the author, Alma Guillermoprieto.We are first given a non propagandized version of the Che Guevarra story his time before and after the Cuban revolution, his relationship with Fidel and the machismo pride that was his eventual downfall We then move to Peru, where for a momen This book travels well It is a series of reports based on three separate countries, the common thread being that they are all about latin countries and that they were all written with the masterful depth and perception of the author, Alma Guillermoprieto.We are first given a non propagandized version of the Che Guevarra story his time before and after the Cuban revolution, his relationship with Fidel and the machismo pride that was his eventual downfall We then move to Peru, where for a moment in history, an intellectual and impassioned writer, Mario Lassa, in the ilk of Vaclav Havel, almos...I am not a fan of journalists who roll the same articles over and over adding a few details Sometimes there is a need to bring readers up to date but the collection of articles on a particular subject could have been edited That being said, the author has certainly earned her bones in covering Latin America Cuba, Colombia, Per and M jico It is amazing that the Western educated Latin American elite have such a hard time reading and interpreting their own countries No doubt class has some ho I am not a fan of journalists who roll the same articles over and over adding a few details Sometimes there is a need to bring readers up to date but the collection of articles on a particular subject could have been edited That being said, the author has certainly earned her bones in covering Latin America Cuba, Colombia, Per and M jico It i...Guillermoprieto is the go to journalist for Latin America I ve been reading tons of material and I find her to be the most level headed, smart and objective She s spent time in a lot of different places and hasof an international viewpoint, which perhaps explains her lucidity Her essays on Che and Evita in this book are concise, insightful and clean The unromantic truth If you want to understand what went on through the 90s in Colombia and Mexico, this book delves deep into all that Guillermoprieto is the go to journalist for Latin America I ve been reading tons of material and I find her to be the most level headed, smart and objective She s spent time in a lot of different places and hasof an international viewpoint, which perhaps explains her lucidity Her essays on Che and Evita in this book are concise, insightful and clean The unrom...Excellent reporting on Latin America, mostly from the mid 90s Guillermoprieto treats her own politics with a light hand and really gets into the full absurdity and complexity of the stories she s treating, like the strange case of Raul Salinas and the psychic La Paca in Mexico It s a good counterbalance to someone like Naomi Klein, who has her own spin on Latin American politics and tends to instrumentalize the same stories to hammer in her own point Includes essays on the FARC in Colombia, C Excellent reporting on Latin America, mostly from the mid 90s Guillermoprieto treats her own politics with a light hand and really gets into the full absurdity and complexity of the stories she s treating, like the strange case of Raul Salinas and the psychic La Paca in Mexico It s a good counterbalance to someone like Naomi Klein, who has her own spin on Latin American politics and tends to instrumentalize the same stories to hammer in her own point Includes essays on the FARC in Colombia, ...A really solid collection of pieces focused mainly on 3 countries of Latin America Cuba, Colombia, and Mexico I kind of presumed as I live in Mexico that the pieces focused here would be the ones that interested me most, but it was probably the Colombian articles, mainly addressing the drug situation of the early nineties that caught my fancy A worthwhile read for anyone who is looking to get a bit of background on the region from a writer whose journalistic style educates and informs, whilst A really solid collection of pieces focused mainly on 3 countries of Latin America Cuba, Colombia, and Mexico I kind of presumed as I live in Mexico that the pieces focused here would be the ones that interested me most, but it was probably the Colombian articles, mainly addressing the drug situation of the early nineties that caught my fancy A worthwhile re...

• English
• 18 February 2018
Alma Guillermoprieto
• Paperback
• 320 pages
• 0375725822
• Alma Guillermoprieto
• Looking for History