Viewpoints/puntos de vista : themes and interpretations in Latin American history

Bartolome de las Casas was a Dominican friar who witnessed the brutality of the Spanish Explorers early in their conquest of Mexico. He tried to protect and defend the native popularion from that brutality.

The revolution, guided by Fidel Castro, that overthrew the Cuban Batista government in 1959, has lacked the world-wide understanding of other revolutions in history. This book explores the revolution's effects on the Cuban public and addresses the everyday realities brought about by the implementation of post-revolutionary social and economic programs.