Gold, Oil and Avocados A Recent History of Latin America in Sixteen Commodities [Audiobook] [#503681]

Gold, Oil and Avocados: A Recent History of Latin America in Sixteen Commodities (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BP8FLGTS | 2022 | 9 hours and 31 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 271 MB
Author: Andy Robinson
Narrator: Andre Bellido
The twenty-first century began optimistically in Latin America. Left-leaning leaders armed with programs to reduce poverty and reclaim national wealth were seeing results-but as the aughts gave way to the teens, they began to fall like dominos. Where did the dreams of this "pink tide" go? Look no further than the original culprits of Latin American disenfranchisement: resource-rich land and unscrupulous extraction. Recounting the story commodity by commodity, Andy Robinson reveals what oxen have to do with the rise of Jair Bolsonaro, how quinoa explains the mob that descended on Evo Morales, and why oil is the culprit behind the protracted coup in Venezuela.