The Central American Soccer War

Author : William Durham
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1979-06-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780804711548

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Scarcity and Survival in Central America by William Durham Pdf

Looking at both population and land tenure dynamics in their historical context, this study challenges the view that the 1969 conflict between El Salvador and Honduras was primarily a response to population pressure. The author demonstrates that land scarcity, a principal cause of the war, was largely a product of the concentration of landholdings. The analysis focuses on the emigration of 300,000 Salvadoreans to Honduras in the years before the war, inquiring into the reasons for the emigration, its impact on local agricultural economies, and its relation to the conflict. Answers to these questions are based on a new interpretation of national statistics and on original survey research in peasant communities. The author has used an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on the perspectives of anthropology, ecology, history, demography, and geography. In addition to its value as a case study in human ecology, this book gives a clear account of the nature and origins of ecological pressures in rural Central America. The book is illustrated with 21 photographs and 7 maps.

Author : Mary Jeanne Reid Martz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UVA:X000080619

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The Central American Soccer War by Mary Jeanne Reid Martz Pdf

Author : Ryszard Kapuscinski
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780804151108

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The Soccer War by Ryszard Kapuscinski Pdf

Part diary and part reportage, The Soccer War is a remarkable chronicle of war in the late twentieth century. Between 1958 and 1980, working primarily for the Polish Press Agency, Kapuscinski covered twenty-seven revolutions and coups in Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. Here, with characteristic cogency and emotional immediacy, he recounts the stories behind his official press dispatches—searing firsthand accounts of the frightening, grotesque, and comically absurd aspects of life during war. The Soccer War is a singular work of journalism.

Author : Mario Overall,Dan Hagedorn
Publisher : Helion
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : El Salvador
ISBN : 1911096508

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The 100 Hour War by Mario Overall,Dan Hagedorn Pdf

In July 1969, while the world was expectant about the upcoming first manned landing on the moon, two little-known Central American States crossed sabers in what was derogatorily coined by the media as 'The Soccer War'. Far from a simple out-of-hand sports passion, this conflict had its complicated origins back in the early 20th century when the North American companies United Fruit and its rival, Standard Fruit, operated in Honduras - and both deemed it necessary to import workers from El Salvador, since the locals were insufficient in numbers. What followed was an exodus of more than 300,000 Salvadorans who settled in Honduras - and for a while, the latter country's government saw this with good eyes. That is until the early 1960s, when political changes and the liberalization of the region's commerce through the Common Market Treaty made it painfully evident that the country that benefited the most from it was El Salvador, while Honduras would be destined to carry a heavy economic burden. Inevitably, it chilled the relations between the two countries and had a direct bearing in the treatment from the Hondurans towards the Salvadoran peasants. Amidst sporadic violence against the immigrant peasants, the two governments began negotiations aimed at solving the immigration problem and signed three agreements. However, while the negotiations were taking place, clandestine armed groups were organized in Honduras with the purpose of harassing and controlling the Salvadoran people living in that country. This situation was worsened by a coup d'etat that brought to the presidency the Honduran General Oswaldo Lopez Arellano, who had a very different point of view than his predecessor regarding the immigrants' situation. Shortly after, the expelling of thousands of Salvadorans began. The return of the peasants to El Salvador brought a series of problems for that country, since all were returning unemployed and needing food, clothing and some kind of shelter - all of this in the midst of an economic crisis that not even the advantages obtained through the Common Market Treaty had been able to alleviate. Thus, it didn't take long for the Salvadoran society to begin clamoring for some sort of military response against Honduras. With this delicate political background, the eliminatory rounds for the Jules Rimet World Soccer Cup (to be held in Mexico the next year) began - and during these, the national teams of El Salvador and Honduras would have to face each other in order to obtain a classification. During those games, the violence against Salvadoran immigrants in Honduras increased and caused strong protests from the Salvadoran Government, which ended in the rupturing of diplomatic relations and followed by additional border incidents, which included the strafing of a Honduran airliner while it was taking off from Nueva Ocotepeque. Eleven days later, the war began. This book, backed by more than 20 years of research, explores meticulously the actions undertaken by both countries in the air and on the ground during this short but intense confrontation, and that saw the last dogfights between World War II-era piston-engine aircraft in the world. Besides an impressive selection of photos, the book also features a section of color profiles and markings, and a set of tables detailing the identities of the aircraft operated by both countries during the conflict.

Author : Mary Jeanne Reid Martz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0783713282

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The Central American Soccer War by Mary Jeanne Reid Martz Pdf

Author : Alan James
Publisher : Springer
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349210268

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Peacekeeping in International Politics by Alan James Pdf

The book focuses on peacekeeping as a device for maintaining international stability, and for remedying situations in which states are in conflict with each other. Alan James examines around fifty cases, explaining the background to each one, and analysing its political significance. There is also a detailed examination of the concept of peacemaking, and a look into its increasing importance in international affairs, emphasised by the fact that the United Nations won the Nobel Peace Prize for its peacekeeping activities.

Author : Harry Sanabria
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317350248

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The Anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean by Harry Sanabria Pdf

The first single-authored comprehensive introduction to major contemporary research trends, issues, and debates on the anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean. The text provides wide and historically informed coverage of key facets of Latin American and Caribbean societies and their cultural and historical development as well as the roles of power and inequality. Cymeme Howe, Visiting Assistant Professor of Cornell University writes, “The text moves well and builds over time, paying close attention to balancing both the Caribbean and Latin America as geographic regions, Spanish and non-Spanish speaking countries, and historical and contemporary issues in the field. I found the geographic breadth to be especially impressive.” Jeffrey W. Mantz of California State University, Stanislaus, notes that the contents “reflect the insights of an anthropologist who knows Latin America intimately and extensively.”

Author : Phil Gunson,Greg Chamberlain,Andrew Thompson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317270546

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The Dictionary of Contemporary Politics of Central America and the Caribbean by Phil Gunson,Greg Chamberlain,Andrew Thompson Pdf

First published in 1991, The Dictionary of Contemporary Politics of Central America and the Caribbean provides a guide to the most important organizations, figures, events and themes in the contemporary politics of Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean. The countries covered include Mexico, Guatamala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Grenada, St Vincent, St Lucia, Dominica, St Kitt’s-Nevis, Antigua and Puerto Rico. The background information supplied in the book explains how, for many in Central America, the guerrilla wars have merely been the intensification of a conflict previously fought by the likes of Nicaragua’s Sandino or the Salvadorean Farabundo Marti, and before them by the Indian leaders who resisted the Spanish settlement. Although first published in 1991, this book will be a valuable resource for journalists, students, diplomats, business people, and anyone else who is interested in the politics of this richly diverse continent.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Central America
ISBN : STANFORD:36105045479982

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Central American Migration to the United States by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Affairs Pdf

Author : Thomas Leonard,Jurgen Buchenau,Kyle Longley,Graeme Mount
Publisher : CQ Press
Page : 1120 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781608717927

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Encyclopedia of U.S. - Latin American Relations by Thomas Leonard,Jurgen Buchenau,Kyle Longley,Graeme Mount Pdf

No previous work has covered the web of important players, places, and events that have shaped the history of the United States’ relations with its neighbors to the south. From the Monroe Doctrine through today’s tensions with Latin America’s new leftist governments, this history is rich in case studies of diplomatic, economic, and military cooperation and contentiousness. Encyclopedia of U.S.-Latin American Relations is a comprehensive, three-volume, A-to-Z reference featuring more than 800 entries detailing the political, economic, and military interconnections between the United States and the countries of Latin America, including Mexico and the nations in Central America, the Caribbean, and South America. Entries cover: Each country and its relationship with the United States Key politicians, diplomats, and revolutionaries in each country Wars, conflicts, and other events Policies and treaties Organizations central to the political and diplomatic history of the western hemisphere Key topics covered include: Coups and terrorist organizations U.S. military interventions in the Caribbean Mexican-American War The Cold War, communism, and dictators The war on drugs in Latin America Panama Canal Embargo on Cuba Pan-Americanism and Inter-American conferences The role of commodities like coffee, bananas, copper, and oil “Big Stick” and Good Neighbor policies Impact of religion in U.S.-Latin American relations Neoliberal economic development model U.S. Presidents from John Quincy Adams to Barack Obama Latin American leaders from Simon Bolivar to Hugo Chavez With expansive coverage of more than 200 years of important and fascinating events, this new work will serve as an important addition to the collections of academic, public, and school libraries serving students and researchers interested in U.S. history and diplomacy, Latin American studies, international relations, and current events.

Author : Thomas P. Anderson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1988-04-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780313390692

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Politics in Central America by Thomas P. Anderson Pdf

A clear and balanced presentation of the dilemmas associated with each of the four nations. A skillful cultural framework is provided in the first chapter, which serves as an overview. Foreign Affairs A fine study. Anderson's reputation as a scholar and a Latin Americanist will be enhanced when this study has time to make its imprint. American Political Science Review This new volume provides an up-to-date survey of the Central American states involved in the current conflict. While several studies of the individual countries in the region have appeared, there have been no recent attempts at a synthesis of the problems of the area. Politics in Central America fills this gap, analyzing the roots of the current crisis and suggesting solutions to the problems of the region. The author's chief assertion is that the roots of the problems in Central America are not to be found in the East-West struggle but in the competition within each country for control of the scarce natural resources. This crisis in Central America calls for drastic and economic changes. The key question, Anderson claims, is whether or not these changes can be brought about within a democratic framework.

Author : Jan L. Flora,Edelberto Torres-Rivas
Publisher : Springer
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1989-02-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349197897

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Central America by Jan L. Flora,Edelberto Torres-Rivas Pdf

An examination of the background to conflicts in Central America through culture, politics and social conditions. It examines the obstacles to a transition to democracy, the political parties in the region, the role of export crops and the co-existence of indigenous and Spanish cultures.

Author : William Bigelow,Jeff Edmundson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Nicaragua
ISBN : PSU:000019451619

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Inside the Volcano by William Bigelow,Jeff Edmundson Pdf

Author : Leslie Bethell
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1991-10-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0521423732

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Central America Since Independence by Leslie Bethell Pdf

General chapters on Central America 1821-1870, 1870-1930 & 1930 to the present, are followed by chapters on each of the five Central American republics -- Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras & Costa Rica -- since 1930. Excerpted from the Cambridge History of Latin America.

Author : John Beverley,Marc Zimmerman
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780292762282

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Literature and Politics in the Central American Revolutions by John Beverley,Marc Zimmerman Pdf

“This book began in what seemed like a counterfactual intuition . . . that what had been happening in Nicaraguan poetry was essential to the victory of the Nicaraguan Revolution,” write John Beverley and Marc Zimmerman. “In our own postmodern North American culture, we are long past thinking of literature as mattering much at all in the ‘real’ world, so how could this be?” This study sets out to answer that question by showing how literature has been an agent of the revolutionary process in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala. The book begins by discussing theory about the relationship between literature, ideology, and politics, and charts the development of a regional system of political poetry beginning in the late nineteenth century and culminating in late twentieth-century writers. In this context, Ernesto Cardenal of Nicaragua, Roque Dalton of El Salvador, and Otto René Castillo of Guatemala are among the poets who receive detailed attention.