Evil Hour in Colombia

2020-05-05 History

Author : Forrest Hylton
Release : 2020-05-05
Genre : History
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Download or read book Evil Hour in Colombia written by Forrest Hylton. This book was released on 2020-05-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colombia is the least understood of Latin American countries. Its human tragedy, which features terrifying levels of kidnapping, homicide and extortion, is generally ignored or exploited. In this urgent new work Forrest Hylton, who has extensive first-hand experience of living and working in Colombia, explores its history of 150 years of political conflict, characterized by radical-popular mobilization and reactionary repression. Evil Hour in Colombia shows how patterns of political conflict, from the mid-nineteenth century to today's guerilla narco-traffickers and paramilitaries, explain the wear currently destroying Colombian lives, property, communities and territory. In doing so, it traces how Colombia's "coffee capitalism" gave way to the cattle and cocaine republic of the 1980s, and how land, wealth and power have been steadily accumulated by the light-skinned top of the social pyramid through a brutal combination of terror, expropriation and economic depression.

Evil Hour in Colombia

2006 History

Author : Forrest Hylton
Release : 2006
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 727/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Evil Hour in Colombia written by Forrest Hylton. This book was released on 2006. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most up-to-date book on Colombia: from the mid-19th century to today's guerrilla narco-traffickers and paramilitaries.

In Evil Hour

2022-10-11 Fiction

Author : Gabriel García Márquez
Release : 2022-10-11
Genre : Fiction
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Download or read book In Evil Hour written by Gabriel García Márquez. This book was released on 2022-10-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Evil Hour is the thrilling story about the smears, defamations, infidelities, and torrential rains that afflict a small Colombian town, and the sacrifice of a boy that brings torment and chaos to an end, from the masterful Gabriel García Márquez, author of One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera. One morning, slanderous posters start appearing all over the town, revealing family secrets and maligning individuals. Ghosts of the past reappear, along with old feuds and infidelities. Torrential rains then flood the town and chaos is everywhere. Neighbors suspect each other, yet no one knows who is responsible. Finally, a boy is made the scapegoat and tragedy ensues. In Evil Hour contains vivid characters who reflect the humor and pathos of everyday life. This brooding novel clearly points the way to the flowering of García Márquez’s genius in his later One Hundred Years of Solitude.

Beyond Bogotá

2009 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Garry M. Leech
Release : 2009
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 459/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Beyond Bogotá written by Garry M. Leech. This book was released on 2009. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A firsthand account of Colombia's turmoil by a journalist who was held captive by rebel guerrillasIndependent journalist Garry Leech has spent the last eight years working in the most remote and dangerous regions of Colombia, uncovering the unofficial stories of people living in conflict zones. Unlike other Western journalists, most of whom rarely leave Bogotá, Leech learns the truth about conflicts and the U.S. war on drugs directly from the source: farmers, male and female guerrillas, union organizers, indigenous communities, and many others.Beyond Bogotá is built around the eleven hours that Leech was held captive by the FARC, Colombia's largest leftist guerrilla group, in August of 2006. Drawing on unprecedented access to soldiers, guerrillas, paramilitaries and peasants in conflict zones and cocaine-producing areas, Leech's documentary memoir is an epic tale of a journalist's search for meaning in the midst of violence and poverty. This compelling account provides fresh insights into U.S. foreign policy, the role of the media, and the plight of everyday Colombians caught in the middle of a brutal war."In this remarkable saga, Garry Leech conveys brilliantly and with vivid insight the magical qualities of this rich and tortured land, and the struggles and torment of its people." -Noam Chomsky"An extraordinary portrait of grace under pressure-not only of the author himself, but of ordinary Colombians fighting for social justice." -Forrest Hylton, author of Evil Hour in Colombia

In Evil Hour

1991

Author : Gabriel García Márquez
Release : 1991
Genre :
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Book Rating : 360/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book In Evil Hour written by Gabriel García Márquez. This book was released on 1991. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evocation of corruption, both political and individual as it steadily overtakes a small South American village.

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