Presidents of Central America, Mexico, Cuba, and Hispaniola: Conversations and Correspondence

by Robert J. Alexander

Overview

This book consists of notes of conversations by one of America's leading Latin Americanists, as well as his correspondence with more than two dozen presidents of the Central American republics, Mexico, Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. In some cases, there are numerous conversations and letters with individual chief executives; in other instances, there are only individual conversations or notes on talks which the author heard.

Each entry reflects the thinking of the person involved at the time of the interview or letter and many shed light on the activities of the individual presidents. Before the items dealing with each particular country, Alexander provides introductory notes, giving information on the individuals dealt with in that country as well as the circumstances of the letters and conversations. These materials, together with those contained in earlier volumes dealing with South America, provide students of 20th-century Latin America unique insight into its political leadership and its history from the 1940s onward.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275952785
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/26/1995
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.69(d)
Lexile:	1170L (what's this?)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

Preface
Panama
Introduction
Ricardo Alfaro
Arnulfo Arias
Ricardo Arias
Omar Torrijos
Costa Rica
Introduction
José Figueres
Otilio Ulate
Francisco Orlich
Daniel Oduber
Rodrigo Carazo
Luis Alberto Monge
Oscar Arias
Nicaragua
Introduction
Arastasio Somoza Debayle
Daniel Ortega
Honduras
Introduction
Tiburcio Carías Andino
Juan Manuel Gávez
Ramon Villeda Morales
El Salvador
Introduction
Reynaldo Galindo Pohl
Oscar Osorio
Jose Napoleon Duarte
Guatemala
Introduction
Carlos Castillo Armas
Julio César Méndez Mohtemboro
Mexico
Introduction
Miguel de la Madrid
Carlos Salinas de Gortari
Cuba
Introduction
Carlos Prío Socarrás
Manuel Urrutia
Fidel Castro
Haiti
Introduction
Dumarsais Estimé
Paul Magloire
Daniel Fignolé
Leslie Managat
Dominican Republic
Introduction
Joaquin Balaguer
Juan Bosch
Donald Reid Cabral
Antonio GuzMÁn
Salvador Jorge Blanco

Editorial Reviews

The fourth in a series of volumes of conversations and correspondence with presidents of Latin America, as conducted by Alexander (economics emeritus, Rutgers U.). The men comment extensively upon their own careers, as well as talking about other political leaders who were their contemporaries, including other figures covered in this volume. The volume is arranged in country chapters, each with its own introduction. Most of the material was originally in Spanish or, in the case of Haiti, in French, and is here translated by the author/interviewer. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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