On Third World streets or First World televisions, Latin America's children are seen but seldom listened to. Child labourers, street children and shanty town kids are portrayed in the West as helpless victims, passive, big-eyed and hungry, besieged by poverty and violence. However, this text argues that if you talk to the children themselves a different picture emerges - one of children as active, energetic and resourceful fighters, struggling to improve their lives, get an education, and earn a living. The book explores the lives of children through their own eyes and voices. It argues...
On Third World streets or First World televisions, Latin America's children are seen but seldom listened to. Child labourers, street children and s...
-The Dominican Republic is the land Columbus loved best- runs the advertising slogan. In celebration of the 500th anniversary of the explorer's arrival on the island of Hispaniola, the government spent a reported US$40 millions on building a bizarre commemorative lighthouse. In the process, it has bull-dozed the homes of thousands of slumdwellers to clear the memorial site. Dominican Republic: Beyond the Lighthouse looks at a country where extreme poverty exists alongside a booming tourist industry. Where workers from neighboring Haiti are literally enslaved in an almost bankrupt sugar...
-The Dominican Republic is the land Columbus loved best- runs the advertising slogan. In celebration of the 500th anniversary of the explorer's arriva...
This work portrays Latin America's peoples in their fight for a brighter future. It explores the region's economic crisis and the desecration of the environment. The author shows how injustice and conflict in the countryside have unleashed an exodus to the slums that encircle the major cities. He analyzes the roles of the main actors in the continent's history--both those in power and the poor majority who, through their social movements in the countryside and shanty towns, struggle for their vision of Latin America's future. This text explores various facets of life in Latin America, from...
This work portrays Latin America's peoples in their fight for a brighter future. It explores the region's economic crisis and the desecration of the e...
